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•  Head-2-Head:  Emplant  vs.A-Max 

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C      REATIONS 


FIRST  IMPRESSIONS 

Down  to  the  wire  in  the  Commodore  Derby  ,  .  . 


The  Labor  Day  weekend  lias  come  and  gone,  which  means 
I'm  at  my  deadline  for  this  column.  And  while  I  feel  we  are 
this  close  to  a  settlement  of  the  Commodore  liquidation, 
nothing  has  been  decidied  officially  on  the  legal  front  (see 
"Overscan,"  p.  4,  For  a  status  report  as  of  press  time). 

So,  reduced  to  speculation,  let  me  try  a  "best  guess" 
stab  at  a  likely  outcome.  If  proven  wrong  by  the  time  you 
get  this  issue,  I'll  gladly  wear  a  facial  layer  of  poultry 
products — at  least  we'll  have  some  resolution. 

Since  during  the  past  week  I  received  "absolutely  con- 
firmed" reports  that  no  less  than  four  different  groups 
had  "officially"  won  [be  Commodore  bidding  sweepstakes 
( Philips',  vmstrad,  CEI,  Samsung,  and  Commodore  UK),  it 
seems  a  propitious  time  lor  a  little  guessing  and  gam- 
bling. Having  accidentally  found  mysell  at  the  racetrack  a 
few  hundred  times  over  the  last  two  decades,  let's  make 
the  play  in  horse-racing  terms:  50  Win  on  Commodore 
UK,  1>0  Place  on  CEI,  and  the  rest  of  the  field  nowhere. 

As  reported  in  "Overscan,"  David  Pleasance's  "uncondi- 
tional" bid  for  the  company  may  be  enough  to  tip  the 
scales  in  Favor  of  the  UK  group.  Since  both  he  and  Alex 
lor  at  Cl-'.I  intend  to  resume  immediate  production  of 
,  sailing  Amiga  lines  (as  opposed  to  other  bidders,  who  do 
not),  this  could  wind  up  a  good  choice  all  around. 

The  negatives — as  far  as  US  and  Canadian  Amiga  users 
are  concerned — could  be  that  since  Pleasance's  first  goal 
is  revitalizing  the  UK  market,  North  American  interests 
would  receive  only  second  priority.  While  that  is  definitely 
a  legitimate  fear,  there  are  two  factors  that  could  mitigate 
the  fallout  here  should  Commodore  UK  win  the  prize. 

First,  there  is  no  reason  on  earth  why  the  UK  group 
can't  enter  into  distribution  agreements  with  North  Amer- 
ican companies  such  as  CEI,  Creative  Computers — or 
anvone  else.  In  speaking  with  Pleasance,  I  found  no  ob- 
jection on  his  part  to  exploring  such  possibilities. 

Second,  the  timing  of  the  liquidation  resolution  could 
plav  favorably  to  North  American  interests.  It  is  no  secret 
that  Pleasance  would  like  to  see  the  resumption  of  mass 
production  and  distribution  ofCD32/A1200  systems  in 
lime  for  the  '94  Holiday  season,  because  those  are  the 
machines  in  demand  in  the  more  entertainment-oriented 
UK  market.  Such  a  rapid  ramping-up  of  production  on  a 
mass  scale  will  be  difficult  to  pull  off  in  the  short  run, 
however,  and  Pleasance  has  intimated  that  it  may  be 
easier  and  more  feasible  to  first  push  ahead  with  the 
A4000  instead.  And  since  ihe  primary  demand  for 
A4000s  is  in  North  America,  distribution  in  the  States 
and  Canada  would  receive  high  priority.  Right  on! 

While  all  of  this  scenario-making  may  be  an  exercise  in 
speculation  on  my  part,  there  is  even'  indication  that  a 
successful  bid  on  the  part  of  the  UK  group  would  serve  the 
interests  of  the  entire  Amiga  community.  And  if  I've  picked 
the  wrong  horse  in  this  race,  so  be  it — there's  no  reason 
whv  another  successful  contestant  can't  gel  us  all  to  the 
winner's  circle,  too,  if  they  follow  the  right  path  to  the  wire. 


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2  November  1994 


CONTENTS 


VOLUME  10,  NUMBER  11,  NOVEMBER  1994 


FEATURES 

Video  Toaster  Special 

ToasterMan's  Tips  for 
Mastering  the  Video  Toaster 

By  Sheldon  Leemon 10 

Whether  you're  a  novice  or  more  sea- 
soned user,  this  tasty  assortment  of  IS  top 

Toaster  tips  is  geared  in  increase  your 
Video  Toaster  proficiency  and  pay  divi- 
dends on  your  next  video  project. 

On  the  Fast  Track 

By  Sheldon  Leemon 1 1> 

Serious  :>-l>  animators  won't  want  to  miss 
this  hands-on  demo  of  DeskStation  Tech- 
nology's Raptor — one  seriously  mean. 
not-very-lean  machine  for  boosting  Light- 
wave rendering  operations  right  through 
the  roof. 

ARTICLES 

The  Joy  of  Fax:  Amiga  Style 

By  Dale  Larson 19 

Everything  yon  need  to  know  to  turn  your 
Amiga  into  a  full-service  fax  setup  that's 
better,  cheaper,  and  more  convenient  than 
most  dedicated  fax  machines. 

Head2Head:  A-Max  IV  vs. 

Emplant 

By  Denny  Atkin 1. > 

A  blow-by-blow  comparison  ol  how  the  two 
leading  Macintosh  emulators  for  the 
Amiga  slack  up  on  features,  performance, 
convenience,  and  price. 

COLUMNS 

Denny  on  DOS 

By  Denny  Alkin 3 

"litis  month  the  Wizard  of  DOS  reveals 
some  smooth  and  simple  file-transfer  lips 
using  the  CrnssDOS  conversion  utility. 

Prime-Time  PD 

By  Tim  Walsh 7 

Freelv  distributable  antivirus  programs 
head  the  prescription  list  in  tftis  install- 
ment of  Dr.  Tun's  monthly  scan  of  Amiga 
PD/sharewarc. 


Rea  it  ji  four  engines,  Video  Toaster  and  Light- 
Wave  farts,  because  we'vegot  a  slew  ofpower 
tips  under  the  hood  this  month  to  help  you  better 
harness  the  jmtential  of  (he  Amiga's  favorite 

-t  'ideo/itniintiiitm  system. 


Accent  on  Graphics 

By  Joel  Hagen 34 

While  Joel  usually  give's  advice  on  creating 
computer  artwork,  this  month  he  switches 
to  tips  on  exhibiting  it  in  ways  thai  can  help 
von  break  mil  ol  your  studio  and  into  the 
gallery. 

DEPARTMENTS 

First  Impressions 

By  Daniel  Sullivan  . L 

Where  will  the  nm  owners  ol  ( lonvmodnre 
likely  being  taking  us  when  the  runway's 
finally  cleared  for  takeoff? 

Overscan 4 

News  and  new  products  covering  the 
entire  Amiga  community, 

A W Product 

Information 60 

To  contact  the  vendors  of  products 
mentioned  in  this  issue  ot'AmigaWorld, 

consult  our  all-in-one  "Manufacturers'/ 
Distributors'  Addresses"  list. 


The  Last  Word 64 

Input  from  the  readers  on  the  continuing 
Commodore  saga  and  other  topics. 

REVIEWS 

Three  Amiga  Monitors 8 

If  you've  been  looking  for  a  high-resolu- 
tion monitor  like  the  now  almost-unavail- 
able Commodore  IHA'I.  check  out  three 
high-quality  alternatives  from  leading 
Amiga  distributors:  CEI's  A- 1 962,  CD 
Solutions"  CD-1401,  and  Creative  Com- 
puters'AD-1970. 

Power  XL  Drive  (DKB) 9 

Versatile,  economical  high-density  floppy- 
drive  upgrade  Cor  older  Amiga  systems. 

GameSmith  Development 
System 

(Bit Head  Technologies) 44 

Professional-quality  game-development 
tools  for  C  or  assembly  programmers, 

Video  Escort  2.5 

(Mr.  Hardiuare) 48 

Customized  SBase4  Professional  forms 
package  for  the  business  end  of  your  video 
operation, 

GAMES 

By  Peter  Olafson 

King's  Quest  VI  (Sierra)  54 

Heir  Today,  Gone  Tomorrow,  the  latest  in 
the  KQ  aimated-adventnre  series,  also 
mark's  Sierra'  return  to  the  Amiga. 

CES  Report 54 

New  Amiga  games  debut  al  ibis  past 
summer's  CES  show. 

Psygnosis  Potpourri 36 

Light  new  releases  from  the  game  giant, 
including  Brant  Stoker's  Dracula,  Last 
Action  Hero.  C'.lifiliauger,  Innocent  Until 
Caught,  Puggsv.  Wiz  'n*  Li/.,  Clodule. 
and  Brian  the  Lion.  Plus  previews  of  the 
upcoming  Nova  Storm.  Benefactor,  and 
Armour-Gcddon. 


COVER  PHOTOGRAPH  BY  KDWARD  |l  DICK 


AmigaWorld  3 


OVERSCAN 

News,    New    Products    and    Networks 


Amiga  in  the  Spotlight  at 

LONDON — The  '94  autumn  Euro- 
pean Computet'  Trade  Show  was  lull  of 
speculation  concerning  the  Amiga's  abil- 
ity to  continue  in  the  marketplace.  The 
fad  that  the  UK  management  team  has 
placed  a  bid  to  buy  the  company  was  the 
talk  of  the  Commodore  cognoscenti  in 
the  press  room.  Commodore  UK  is  keen 
on  keeping  the  platform  alive,  despite 
the  difficulties  of  such  an  undertaking. 
In  addition,  several  UK  software  houses 
and  distributors  have  pledged  support 
foi  the  Amiga — everyone  wants  it  to  con- 
tinue. The  most  pressing  concern  of 
Amiga  developers  is  that  Amiga  pro- 
duction resume  quickly.  Most  worried 
that  no  Amigas  would  be  available  for 
the  vital  run  up  to  Christmas — the 
busiest  sales  period  of  the  year. 

Despite  the  recent  turn  of  events,  Ami- 
ga product  development  still  looked 
healthy  at  ECTS.  Renegade  Software,  de- 
velopers of  Sensible  Soccer,  showed  Sen- 
sible World  of  Soccer,  a  sequel,  as  well 
as  a  great  shoot-'em-up,  Ruff'n'  Tumble. 
which  has  already  received  positive  re- 
views in  British  magazines.  Also  on  dis- 
play was  Flight  of  the  Amazon  Queen,  a 
graphics  adventure  set  in  the  1940s, 

21st  Century  Entertainment  is  releas- 
ing versions  of  Pinball  Illusions  for 
CD32  and  A500/1200.  in  response  to  the 
incredible  success  of  Pinball  Dreams  and 
Pinball  Fantasies.  Another  title,  this  one 
for  CD32  only,  Marvin's  Marvellous 
Adventure  is  a  90-leve]  platform  game. 


ECTS 

Microvahie/Flair  Software  showcased 
its  versatility  by  offering  various  new  titles 
from  a  wide  range  of  categories.  Some  of 
the  highlights  included.  Whizz,  a  plat- 
form game  that  features  an  isometric 
viewpoint  (from  above  and  the  side),  and 
Deadly  Racer,  a  rally  game  in  which  you 
must  drive  a  car  over  varying  landscapes 
under  different  weather  conditions. 

Team  17  showed  off  Super  Stardust, 
a  sort  of  "Asteroids  meets  the  1990s" 
with  great  graphics  and  attention-grab- 
bing gameplav.  as  well  as  Alien  Breed — 
Tower  Assault  for  A500/1200  and 
CD32.  In  the  works  for  a  later  release 
are  Kingpin  Bowling,  a  ten-pin  bowling 
simulator,  and  All-Terrain  Racing,  a  3- 
D  molorsporl  game. 

Gaming  hardware  wasn't  exactly  in 
short  order,  either.  One  high  note:  the 
new  control  pad  for  CD32  from  Power- 
Play  Europe.  It  is  designed  especially  for 
adult-sized  hands. 

Support  for  current  product  is  still  in- 
creasing, although  there's  a  noticable 
shift  toward  PC  and  console  product  de- 
velopment as  more  users  are  expanding 
their  systems.  The  CD32.  in  particular, 
is  receiving  a  lot  of  attention  in  the  de- 
veloper community.  Despite  the  recent 
fallout  at  Commodore,  it's  clear  that 
there's  still  a  great  deal  of  support  for 
the  platform  in  the  UK,  and  if  this  fall's 
ECTS  is  any  indication,  a  great  deal  of 
interest  remains  as  well. 

— Stuart  Menges 


New  Commodore  Hotline  Number 


AW  regrets  that  it  can  no  longer  contin- 
ue the  present  1-300  Commodore  update 
line.  We  have  received  more  than  100,000 
calls  since  the  hotline  was  introduced.  The 
expense  has  run  into  the  tens  of  thousands 
of  dollars  and  our  switchboard  has  been 
crippled  for  other  use.  We  were  disap- 
pointed that  quite  a  few  people  called  the 


hotline  several  times  a  day,  every  day  for 
weeks  on  end  simply  because  the  call  was 
free.  It  wasn't  meant  for  that  purpose. 

We  will,  however,  continue  to  provide 
update  messages  at  603/924-2195.  This  is  a 
separate,  direct-dial  line.  Our  switchboard 
and  the  1-800  number  will  not  provide  ac- 
cess to  the  new  update  line.  — DS 


Commodore  Update 

As  this  issue  of  AW  was  going  to  press, 
no  official  announcement  on  the  fate  of 
Commodore  International  had  been  is- 
sued by  the  Bahamian  Supreme  Court. 
While  all  parties  connected  with  the  liq- 
uidation proceedings  had  hoped  for  a  res- 
olution by  the  Labor  Day  weekend,  no  fi- 
nal settlement  was  reached  by  that  date, 

Frontrunners  in  the  bidding  process,  CEI 
of  Florida  and  the  former  management 
team  at  Commodore  UK,  were  still  in- 
volved in  negotiations  with  the  court-ap- 
pointed liquidators.  Both  Alex  Amor  of  CEI 
and  David  Pleasance  of  Commodore  UK 
reaffirmed  their  commitment  to  resuming 
production,  distribution,  and  further  de- 
velopment of  the  Amiga  line.  Other  bids, 
including  those  from  Philips/Amstrad  and 
Samsung,  were  also  still  on  the  table. 

In  a  potentially  pre-emptive  move, 
Pleasance  stated  to  A  W  that  he  had  re- 
fined his  group's  bid  to  the  liquidators  as 
an  "unconditional"  one  in  order  to  increase 
the  attractiveness  of  the  bid  and  to  move 
the  negotiations  to  a  speedier  conclusion. 
It  was  believed  that  bids  from  the  other 
groups  did  contain  certain  conditions  that 
had  to  be  met  regarding  the  purchase  of 
the  company's  assets  and  technology. 

— DS 


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to  your  Amiga  (500  or  1200  with  the 
CD1200  controller  ($99.99.  MicroPace). 
LSO9600  and  Rock  Ridge  filesystem 
software  and  a  jukebox  utility  for  audio 
CDs  are  included.  The  controller  is 
compatible  with  CDFileSystem.  ASIM 
CD-ROM  FileSvstcm,  and  multisession 
Photo  CDs.  You'll  need  AmigaDOS  2.04 
or  later;  in  addition,  to  use  the  internal 
Mitsumi  CD-ROM  drive,  you'll  need  a 
half-height,  5  lM-inch  chassis. 


To  locate  the  vendors  of  products  mentioned,  see  the  "Manufacturers'/Distributors'  Addresses"  list  on  p.  60. 


•/  November  1  >)<)■/ 


Denny  on  DOS 


HINTS  &  TIPS  FOR  MASTERING  THE  OPERATING  SYSTEM 


By  Denny  Atkin  #6 CrOSSUlg  tllC  Tl^CkS 


The  Amiga  uses  a 
custom  disk  format 
thai  lets  it  store 
more  on  a  disk  than 
any  other  mainstream  com- 
puter. Low-density  floppies, 
which  store  7 20 K  or  800K 
respectively  on  a  PC  or  Mac- 
intosh, hold  880K  of  data  on 
tlie  Amiga.  High-density 
floppies,  limited  to  1.44MB 
on  the  PC  and  Mac,  store 
1 .76M  B  when  formatted  on 
the  Amiga.  Because  of  these 
varying  storage  capacities, 
floppies  created  on  one 
platform  cannot  automati- 
cally be  read  on  another. 

Macintoshes,  however,  can 
read  PC  disks  by  using  Apple 
file  Exchange,  and  PCs  can 
read  high-density  Mac  disks 
using  commercial  utilities 
such  as  Mac-in-DOS.  Starting 
with  Release  2. 1,  the  Amiga 
operating  system  was  bun- 
dled with  a  utility  called 
CrossDOS  thai  allows  Amigas 
to  read  and  write  MS-DOS 
floppies.  And  with  a  little 
extra  knowledge,  vou  can  use 
CrossDOS  to  do  more  than 
just  read  PC  disks. 

Setup 

Setting  up  CrossDOS  is  easy. 
Fii'st,  you  need  10  drag  the 
PCO:  icon  into  the  Devs/DOS- 
Drivers  drawer  on  your  boot 
disk.  (If  your  system  has  a 
hard  drive,  vou'll  lind  it  in 
the  Storage/DOSDrivers 
drawer;  if  you're  running  a 
floppy-based  system,  it's  in 
the  DOSDrivers  directory  on 
the  Storage  disk.)  CrossDOS 
will  now  be  active  on  DFO: 
whenever  you  boot  your 
system.  If  you  want  to  set 
CrossDOS  up  to  work  for  a 
second  drive,  use  the  Work- 
bench [cons/Copy  function  to 
create  a  duplicate  of  die  PCO: 
icon.  Rename  it  to  PCI:  (or 


PC2:  if  you're  setting  it  up  for 
DF2:).  click  on  it  once,  and 
select  Information  from  the 
Workbench  Icons  menu. 
dick  the  ONir=0  tool  type 
and  change  it  to  L'NIT=  1  for 
PCI :,  or  UNIT=2  for  PC2:; 
then  click  Save, 

To  activate  CrossDOS  for 
the  first  time,  you  can  dou- 
ble-click the  PCX):  icon  or 
reboot  your  Amiga.  Now 
you'll  actually  have  two 
devices  that  refer  to  your 
internal  floppy  drive.  When 
performing  operations  on 

Quick  Tip 

The  commercial  version  of 
CrossDOS,  available  from 
ConsuHron,  gives  the  same 
capabilities  to  AmigaDOS 
1.3  and  2.04  users.  Unlike 
the  version  bundled  with  2.1 
and  3.0,  it  also  supports 
reading  and  writing  to  non- 
floppy  MS-DOS  devices, 
such  as  SyQuest  and 
Bernoulli  cartridges. 
Included  free  of  charge  is 
Cross  PC,  a  slow  software- 
only  PC  emulator  that's 
handy  for  running  some 
simple  MS-DOS  programs. 


Amiga  disks,  you'll  refer  to 
the  drive  as  DFO:,  as  usual. 
When  accessing  MS-DOS 
floppies,  vou'll  refer  to  the 
drive  as  PCO:.  That's  all 
there  is  to  it!  A  standard 
Amiga  floppy  drive  will  read 
and  write  to  720K  low-den- 
sity PCI  disks;  high-density 
drives  will  also  read  and 
write  1.44MB  Floppies. 

Translations  and 
Differences 

In  the  Commodities  drawer 
in  your  Tools  drawer,  you'll 
find  a  utility  called  Cross- 


DOS.  This  is  used  to  toggle 
some  of  CrossDOS's  special 
features.  Vou'll  see  a  list  of 
available  CrossDOS  devices 
on  the  left:  click  the  device 
whose  settings  vou  want  to 
change.  There  are  two  tog- 
gle gadgets:  Text  Filtering 
and  Text  Translation.  The 
Amiga  and  PC  use  slightly 
different  formats  for  storing 
ascii  text.  While  (he  Amiga 
ends  each  paragraph  with  a 
line  feed,  the  PC  uses  a 
carriage-return/ line-feed 
combination.  Willi  text 
Filtering  selected,  CrossDOS 
will  add  carriage-return 
characters  in  appropriate 
places  when  you  save  ascii 
files  to  the  floppy,  and  strip 
them  when  vou  load  them 
into  the  Amiga, 

Text  Translation  is  more 
sophisticated,  actually  con- 
verting the  differences 
between  various  character 
sets.  The  versions  of  Cross- 
DOS  included  with  Amiga- 
DOS  2. 1  and  8.0  will  trans- 
late text  files  that  use 
International  and  Danish 
character  sets;  the  version 
included  with  AmigaDOS 
3.1  also  translates  Macintosh 
text  files.  Make  sure  vou 
have  tile  text  options 
selected  only  when  you're 
working  With  text  files.  If 
you  have  them  turned  on 
when  transferring  data  files 
or  executables,  the  files  will 
be  ruined. 

Along  with  the  text-file 
settings,  there  are  some 
other  things  to  keep  in  mind 
when  working  with  Cross- 
DOS  disks.  First  ana1  fore- 
most, the  MS-DOS  disk 
formal  limits  filenames  to 
eight  characters,  a  period, 
and  a  three-character  exten- 
sion, so  any  of  your  files  with 
longer  filenames  will  have 


their  names  truncated.  Also, 
remember  that  the  storage 
on  PC  disks  is  a  bit  less,  so 
you  can't  copy  a  full  Amiga 
floppy  to  a  CrossDOS  disk 
and  expect  it  all  to  lit. 

Not  Just  MS-DOS 

CrossDOS  is  also  useful  for 
transferring  files  to  and 
from  Macintosh  and  Atari 
ST  computers.  Macs  include 
a  program  called  Apple  File 
Exchange  that  permits  the 
transfer  of  files  to  and  from 
MS-DOS  disks;  more  recent 
Macs  include  Macintosh  PC 
Exchange,  which  works 
much  like  CrossDOS,  letting 
PC  floppies  appear  on  the 
Finder  screen.  You  can  use 
MS-DOS  disks  as  an  inter- 
mediate formal  lor  transfer- 
ring files  between  the  Amiga 
and  a  Mac.  Just  remember 
that  the  filenames  will  be 
truncated  to  the  8.3  format. 
(Yon  can  work  around  this 
by  using  Insignia's  Access- 
PC  on  the  Mac  side  and 
Rainer  Eoppler's  freeware 
APCXames  utility  on  the 
Amiga.) 

You  can  also  use  Cross- 
DOS  lo  read  and  write  files 
from  Atari  ST  disks,  as  they 
use  essentially  the  same 
720K  format  as  MS-DOS. 
There  are  some  minor  dif- 
ferences that  can  cause 
problems  reading  disks 
formatted  on  another  com- 
puter when  using  early 
versions  of  the  ST's  operat- 
ing system,  so  if  possible  you 
should  format  the  file-trans- 
fer disks  on  the  ST.  ■ 

Denny  Atkin  is  (miliar  tij  the 
book  Denny  Atkin's  Best 
Amiga  Tips  and  Secrets.  Semi 
suggestions  h>  him  via  e-mail  a! 
DennyAtniga@aol.com,  or  write 
to  him  e/a  AmigaWorld. 


AmigaWorld  5 


0    V    E    R    S    C    A    N 


Nexxus  Pro  CD-ROM  (S49.99)  from 
VideoWorld  offers  hundreds  of  images, 
fonts,  sounds,  plus  various  PD  utilities. 


CD-ROM  Clips 

If  variety  is  what  you're  looking  for,  you 
can't  go  wrong  with  the  latest  CD-ROMs 
from  Syndesis  and  Better  Concepts. 

Syndesis  3D-ROM,  Vol.  II  ($99.95, 
Syndesis)  offers  more  than  200  3-D 
models  and  includes  demos  of  Caligari 
trueSpace,  Visual  Software's  Visual  Re- 
ality, Criterion's  RenderWare,  and  Yost 
Group's  IPAS  plug-ins  for  3D  Studio. 
The  3D-ROM  series  features  Syndesis' 
translation  tool,  Interchange,  which  ex- 
changes data  between  3-D  tile  formats 

What  a  concept:  All  of  your  desktop- 
publishing  and  word-processing  needs 
on  a  single  CD-ROM.  That's  just  what 
Better  Concepts  claims  with  its  Clip  Art 
&  Fonts  disc.  It  contains  more  than 
1500  IFF  images,  2500  black-and-white 
EPS  and  more  (ban  6000  PCX  images, 
as  well  as  100  Adobe  and  1'ageSlream 
louts.  What  about  something  for  the 
musically  inclined,  you  ask?  Better  Con- 
cepts has  got  that  covered,  too,  with  its 
Music  MOD  and  Sound  Effects  CD- 
ROM  (S29.95).  It  comprises  more  than 
2800  music  MODs  and  6300  sound 
samples.  The  disc  even  includes  several 
MOD  and  sound-sample  plavers. 


Virtual  Memory 

Are  memory-intensive  graphics  applica- 
tions eating  up  your  RAM?  Forget  about 
expensive  RAM  chips,  let  GigaMem  3.12 
(INOVAtronics)  "refresh"  your  Amiga's 
memory.  The  virtual-memory  software — it 
uses  a  free  portion  of  your  hard  drive  as 
RAM— works  transparently  with  all  of  your 
operations  and  adds  a  maximum  of  1 .5  gi- 
gabytes (500  megs  more  than  previous  ver- 
sions!). With  an  improved  task-caching  al- 
gorithm, it  claims  to  be  even  faster  than 
before,  too.  GigaMem  3.12  requires  an  ac- 
celerator with  MMU  and  Workbench  2.04 
or  later.  You  can  upgrade  forS15. 


Update  Scan 


Applied  Magic  of  Vista,  California,  now 
handles  distribution  and  development  of 
the  former  Digital  Micronics'  product  line, 
including  Broadcaster  32,  a  nonlinear  edit- 
ing system.  Contact  Applied  Magic  at 
1240  Activity  Dr.,  Suite  D,  Vista,  CA 
92083;  619/599-2626  (phone). 

Nova  Design,  original  developers  of  Im- 
ageFX,  is  now  the  exclusive  distributor  of 
the  image-processing  program,  which 
was  formerly  handled  by  Great  Valley 
Products.  In  addition,  Rusty  Mills'  Video 
Guide  to  ImageFX  (S49.95)  is  no  longer 
available  from  GVP,  but  can  be  ordered  di- 
rectly from  Nova  Design. 

Pixel  3D  Professional  2  ($299.95,  Ax- 
iom Software)  now  supports  AGA,  Post- 
Script fonts,  and  ARexx.  In  addition,  you 
can  now  load  and  save  17  different  3-D 
formats  including  LightWave,  3-D  Studio, 
Wavefront,  Imagine,  and  DFX  AutoCAD. 
You  can  upgrade  for  S99.99, 

Start  your  engines.  With  HyperCache 
Professional  2.0  ($59.95,  Silicon  Prairie 
Software),  it'll  be  hard  to  keep  up  with 
your  Amiga  now  that  the  software 
promises  to  increase  your  disk  speed  by 
as  much  as  3000  percent!  It  offers  work- 
station-style I/O  caching  to  any  Amiga 
storage  device.  The  new  version  sports 


an  improved  interface,  which  displays 
preferences  and  statistics.  Owners  of  1.0 
can  upgrade  for  S19.95. 

Besides  many  enchancements  to  its 
functions,  Sample  Wrench  2.2  (S299,  dis- 
sidents), the  16-bit  sound  sample  editor, 
promises  to  be  faster  than  ever  (and  uses 
less  memory,  too).  For  example,  the  Dig- 
ital Equalization  function  is  reported  to 
run  about  three  times  faster  than  previ- 
ous versions,  and  Waveform  drawing 
speed  has  been  increased  5000  percent. 
Some  new  conveniences  include  default 
save/load  paths,  auto  play,  edit  smooth- 
ing, and  ARexx  compatibility.  Sample 
Wrench  now  supports  8-  and  16-bit 
mono  or  stereo  WAVE  format  files  as 
well  as  various  audio  file  formats,  in- 
cluding AIFF,  8SVX,  and  Sound  Design- 
er Type  1.  It  requires  1MB  of  RAM,  and 
AmigaDOS  1 .3  or  later  (AmigaDOS  2.0  or 
later  is  recommended).  Registered  own- 
ers can  upgrade  for  S20. 

DSS8+  3.0  (Great  Valley  Products) 
sound-sampling  software  now  features  di- 
rect-to-disk  recording  and  playback  capa- 
bility. Other  improvements  include:  sup- 
port for  DBLNTSC  and  DBLPAL 
resolutions  and  for  1 6-bit  AIFF  and  WAVE 
formats,  and  improved  Tracker  functions. 


Mix  Like  a  Pro 

Professional  quality  mixing  is  now  as 
easy  as  Pro-Mix  (S399.99).  Phantom  De- 
velopment offers  a  software  controlled  au- 
dio mixing  board  combining  the  capabilities 
of  five  stereo  input  channels  with  the  ver- 
satility of  an  ARexx  interface. 

Each  input  channel  is  provided  with  con- 
trols for  volume,  bass,  treble,  mute  and 
stereo/mono,  while  the  Master  output  adds 
controls  such  as  global  stereo/mono,  stereo 
reversal  and  tone  defeat.  On-screen  oscil- 
loscopes are  provided  with  integrated 


stereo  sampler  hardware,  and  any  single 
channel  or  group  of  channels  can  be  sam- 
pled concurrently  with  compatible  soft- 
ware. Additional  software  features  include 
a  multispeed,  multichannel  cross 
fader/switcher,  8SVX  sample  playback, 
MOD  file  playback,  and  user-definable  pre- 
set mixer  configurations. 

Pro-Mix  requires  51 2K  RAM  and  Kick- 
Start  2.04  or  later,  and  attaches  to  the  par- 
allel port.  A1000s  require  a  special  adapter. 


Visual  Database 

GraphicRecall  (S50.  Focus  CbR)  puts 
an  end  to  frustrating  searches  through 
piles  of  video  tapes  and  long  scans  of 
your  hard  disk  to  find  that  perfect 
graphic  or  sound  file  for  vour  latest 
video  project  It  creates  a  "visual"  data- 
base using  minatures  of  your  images. 
With  GraphicRecall  and  a  viewing  utili- 
ty (like  View  or  VT),  you  can  display  a 
graphic  from  your  library  of  images  of 
various  formats,  including,  IFF,  Frame- 


store,  GIF,  TIFF.TARGA,  JPEG,  PICT, 
and  PCX.  You  can  also  store  8SVX/TFF 

and  most  MOD  sound  files.  With  (he 
program,  yoti  can  copy  and  paste  im- 
ages, as  well  as  print  them  or  export 
them  to  various  paint  or  image  process- 
ing programs.  Combined  with  Noahji's 
VLab  digitizer,  GraphicRecall  can  also 
catalog  video  clips,  which  play  back  as 
"mini-movies"  when  selected  in  the 
database. 


6  Novrmlier  199-1 


By  Tim  Walsh 


Prime-Time  PD 


ON-LINE  SOURCES  FOR  FREELY  DISTRIBUTABLE  SOFTWARE 


A  couple  of  years  ago,  a 
neighbor  deposited  a 
recently  purchased 
used  A500  and  boxes 
of  disks  on  my  kitchen  table. 
I  caught  something  about 
Gurus  and  system  crashes. 
Yeah,  I  thought,  the  drive 
was  likely  out  of  alignment, 
the  power  supply  had  seen 
better  days — yon  know,  the 
usual  stuff  that  baffles  the 
neophyte. 

Several  exasperating 
hours  later,  no  amount  of 
realigning,  swapping  of 
drives,  exchanging  of  power 
supplies,  or  diagnostic  tests 
could  reveal  the  problem.  By 
chance,  I  happened  to  pop 
one  of  the  A500's  Work- 
bench disks  into  my  trusty 
A2000.  A  message  appeared 
stating  there  was  a  virus  on 
the  disk  and  would  I  like  it 
corrected.  Another  disk  from 
the  stack  revealed  the  same 
message.  Alas,  there  was 
never  anything  wrong  with 
the  A500 — the  disks  were  all 
infected  with  a  virus. 

Virus  Troubles 

Although  their  notoriety  has 
waned  with  time,  computer 
viruses  are  still  prevalent  in 
Amiga's  litde  corner  of  cyber- 
space. The  program  idling  in 
the  background  on  my  A2000 
that  revealed  the  troublesome 


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VC's  business   screen. 

virus  on  the  disks  was  Vims 
Checker  (VC)  by  John 
Veldthuis.  Tfiis  $20  share- 
ware program  was  recently 
updated  to  version  6.43 
VC,  my  favorite  antivirus 


program  since  its  creation 
several  years  ago,  detects  an 
exhaustive  list  of  viruses, 
including  ominous-sounding 
ones  like  Disaster  Master 
and  Future  Disaster.  VC's 
new  Learn  mode  writes  a 
VCBrainFile  file  to  the  S: 
directory  that  records  for 
future  reference  any  non- 
standard bootblocks  it  may 
stumble  upon. 

VC  scans  RAM  for  viruses 
and  either  disables  them  or 
gives  them  the  old  heave-ho. 
Insert  a  tloppv  disk  into  any 
active  drive,  and  its  boot- 
block  will  be  thoroughly 
checked.  You  can  even  con- 
figure VC  to  scan  every  file 
on  the  disk  and  display  a 
window  showing  each  file  as 
it's  scanned. 

A  hotkey  combination 
reveals  a  rather  extensive 
interface.  It's  equipped  with 
an  ARcxx  port,  so  you  can 
send  ARexx  commands  to 
VC,  and  interface  options 
allow  you  to  check  an  indi- 
vidual file  for  a  virus  without 
having  to  scan  the  entire 
disk.  You  can  also  skip 
directories  during  the  scan- 
ning process  by  pressing 
Control-D. 

VirusZ  II 

An  excellent  companion  to 
Virus  Checker  is  VirusZ  II,  by 

Georg  HOnnann.  Now  resid- 
ing at  version  !.09,  this  SI 5 
shareware  package  thor- 
oughly checks  disks  for 
viruses.  Placing  a  small  win- 
dow on  the  Workbench,  this 
program  consists  of  a  series 
of  user-selected  menus  for 
file,  sector,  vector,  and  boot- 
block  checking. 

Selecting  one  of  these  in 
turn  calls  up  control  panels 
for  analyzing  and  scanning 
files,  directories,  and  boot- 


VirusZ  checks  each  sector. 

blocks.  There's  nothing 
part iculaiiy  complicated 
about  using  it,  and  it  works 
fast  and  effectively  to  rid 
your  disks  of  those  pesky 
viruses. 

BootX 

Another  round  of  ammo  for 
your  antivirus  arsenal  is 
Peter  Stuer's  freeware  pro- 
gram, BootX  v5.23b.  Like 
VirusZ  II  and  Virus  Checker, 
BootX  has  been  recentlv 
updated  to  recognize  a 
series  of  new,  little-known 
viruses. 

BootX  is  an  elaborate 
collection  of  files  that 
includes  a  BootX. Brain  file 
and  necessary  libraries. 
Although  BootX  requires 
Nico  Francois'  Req  fools. - 
library  and  the  Explode. - 
library  for  compressed  files, 
it's  still  much  of  a  plug-and- 
play  program,  as  these 
libraries  are  thoughtfully 
included  in  the  package. 
BootX  can  reside  as  an  icon 
on  the  2.0  or  later  Work- 
bench, and  it  checks  each 
disk  as  it's  inserted  in  a  drive. 

BootX  offers  an  interactive 
mode,  with  the  program 
opening  on  its  own  custom 
window.  Numerous  menu 
options  and  screen  buttons 
let  BootX  check  the  bout- 
block  of  a  disk,  scan  mentor)' 
for  resident  viruses,  and 
peruse  disks  for  link  and  file 
viruses.  Its  control  panel  is  a 
tad  confusing,  so  vou  should 
read  all  the  accompanying 
AmigaGuide  documentation 


carefully  to  prevent  any  of 
the  supplied  bootblocks  from 
inadvertently  overwriting  the 
existing  bootblocks  on  valu- 
able disks. 

Like  other  programs  of 
the  genre,  its  "brain  files" 
can  save  for  posterity  any 
unusual  bootblocks  that  it 
encounters.  When  BootX 
delects  in  the  bootblock  a 
virus  or  something  it  sus- 
pects to  be  one,  it  operates 
in  much  the  same  manner 
as  Mills  Checker,  displaying 


jr:i;?; 


RSIlU_ 


Analyze  your  disks'  boot- 
blocks  with  BootX. 

a  requester  asking  if  you'd 
like  to  delete  the  virus.  Click 
on  the  Yes  gadget,  and 
BootX  will  replace  the  disk's 
suspicious  bootblock  with  a 
new  one  selected  from  its 
Bootblock  library. 

There  you  have  it — a  brief 
overview  of  files  available  on 
the  nets  for  ridding  your 
system  of  those  nasty 
viruses.  What  are  you  wait- 
ing for?  Go  get  one. 

Network  Voice  Numbers 

BIX 

800/695-4882 

617/354-4137 

CompuServe 
614/457-0802 
800/848-8199 

Delphi 
800/695-4005 

GEnie 
800/638-9636 

Portal 

408/973-9111 
800/433-6444  ■ 


A  mign  I  Vorld  7 


Alternatives  to 

the  Commodore 

1 942  monitor. 


Three  Amiga  Monitors  To  Go,  Please 


All  15-pin  video-compatible  Amigas. 
A-1962,  CEI,  S499.95 


CD-1401,  CD  Solutions.  S549.00 

AD- 1970,  Creative  Computers,  $489.95 


If  you,  like  manv  other  frustrated  Amiga  users, 
have  been  trying  without  success  to  get  vour 
hands  on  an  almost  impossible-to-find 
Commodore  1942  monitor,  take  heart.  Tliree 
independent  Amiga  companies,  Creative  Equip- 
ment International.  CD  Solutions,  and  Creative 
Computers,  are  all  distributing  high-quality 
replacements.  But  which  one  should  yon  choose? 

Ilie  foremost  consideration  in  the  selection  process 
involves  more  than  just  clarity  and  screen  borders;  it's 
that  each  of  these  monitors  is  designed  for  high-res- 
olution, noninterlaced  output  and  therefore  cannot 
plug  directly  into  the  Amiga's  standard  23-pin  mon- 
itor port  Owners  of  A3000-series  computers  have  a 
15-pin  video  port,  while  AGA  machines  come  with  a 
23-toT5-pin  port  adapter.  Amiga  2000  owners,  how- 
ever, need  a  IlickcrFixcr  or  other  deinterlacer  type  of 
video  card  to  use  any  of  these  monitors. 

Of  equal  concern,  none  of  the  three  supports 
composite-video  input,  as  do  earlier  Commodore 
monitors  such  as  the  venerable  Commodore  1084, 
and  most  Video  Toaster  users  need  at  least  one  com- 
posite monitor  to  use  as  a  combination  control  and 
preview  monitor.  Of  lesser  importance,  none  of 
these  three  monitors  support  audio. 

A-1962 

Manufactured  by  Electrohome  and  distributed  by 
Creative  Equipment  International  (CEI),  the 
A.- 1962  has  a  stylish  beige  case  that  matches  your 
Amiga's  decor  and  a  swivel  stand  that  adds  to  its 
functionality.  It  accepts  horizontal  scan  rates  from 
15  to  40  KHz.,  yielding  a  maximum  of  800  (pixels) 
by  000  (lines)  noninterlaced  resolution. 


Comparison  Chart 

A-1962 

CD-1401 

AD-1970 

Maximum  noninter- 

laced resolution 

800x600 

1024x768 

800x600 

Horizontal  scan  rate 

15-40  KHz. 

15-50  KHz. 

15.75-.'l6KHz 

Dot  pitch  size 

0.28mm 

0.28mm 

0.28mm 

Front-pane!  controls  include  height  adjustment, 
horizontal-display  centering,  brightness,  and  con- 
trast. Two  included  cables  are  hardwired  into  the 
unit:  a  1 5-pin  signal  cable  and  a  power  cable  for  the 
8-prong  female  power  outlet  on  the  ASOOO  and 
A4000.  To  plug  this  monitor  directly  into  a  stan- 
dard AC  receptacle  requires  an  alternative  power 
cable. 

The  A-1062's  display  is  crisp  and  accurate,  both 
in  let  ins  of  color  reproduction  and  resolution.  While 
it  provides  support  for  the  A4000's  Super72  modes, 
a  black  border  appears  on  the  right-hand  side  of  the 
screen  in  Double-NTSC  mode.  According  to  tech 
support  at  CEI,  there  is  a  software  fix  available  for 
this  condition.  Subjectively,  I  did  not  find  that  the 
A- 1002  was  quite  as  bright  as  I  would  have  liked,  but 
ibis  is  only  a  minor  quibble. 

CD-1401 

Manufactured  by  CTX,  CD  Solutions'  CD-1401  is 
described  in  its  manual  as  a  "Low-Radiation/Anti- 

Static/Anti-Magnelic"  monitor.  All  very  nice,  but 
more  to  the  point,  the  I401's  display  is  noticeably 


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crisper  and  brighter  than  thai  o("  the  A-1962.  No 
black  borders  surround  the  left  and  right  edges  in 
Double-NTSC  screen  modes  on  AGA  machines. 

It  possesses  roughly  the  same  size,  color,  foot- 
print, and  elegant  appearance  as  the  A-1962.  A 
few  additional  features  include  its  ability  to 
autoscan  for  horizontal  frequencies  between  30 
and  50  KHz  and  u>  produce  a  maximum  1021x768 
noninterlaced  display — the  highest  of  all  the  three 
monitors. 


The  CD-1401's  front  panel  has  six  controls, 
including  vertical  centering  and  size.  A  15-pin 
signal  cable  with  small  thumb  screws  is  attached, 
and  a  standard  power  cable  exactly  like  the  .Amiga's 
is  included, 

AD- 1970 

Also  manufactured  bv  CTX,  but  distributed  by  Cre- 
ative Computers,  the  AD- 1 970  bears  a  marked  sim- 
ilarity to  theCD-1401.  Itautoscans  from  15.75  to  36 
KHz  and  produces  a  maximum  800x600  noninter- 
laced resolution,  making  it  slightly  more  convenient 
to  use  in  video  work. 

The  display,  bright  and  accurate,  produces  the 
best  picture  of  the  three  when  used  on  an  A4000, 
That  one  factor  might  give  il  a  slight  edge  over 
CD  Solutions'  higher-resolution  CD-1401  I  or  AGA 
machine  owners. 


What  else? 
All  three  monitors  carry  a  one-year  warranty,  run 

exceptionally  cool,  look  great,  and  arc  plug-and-play 
units.  You  really  can't  go  wrong  with  any  one  of  these 
monitors.  II  you  haven't  experienced  the  pleasure  of 
using  a  high-resolution,  noninterlaced  monitor,  any 
of  these  three  will  be  a  welcome  addition  to  your  Ami- 
ga. While  AGA  users  might  be  happiest  with  the  AD- 
1970,  if  pushed  to  proclaim  the  best  for  general-pur- 
pose use,  Id  give  a  slight  nod  to  CD  Solutions' 
CD-1401. 

— Michael  Hanish 


Power  XL  Drive 

DKB,  $159 
All  Amigas. 
2.0/3.0  compatible. 
Accelerator  compatible. 
Installation:  Easy. 

Minimum  system:  AmigaDOS  2.0  or  higher. 
Recommended  system:  Same  as  minimum. 


High-density  floppy  drive  for  the  Amiga. 


Few  Amiga  users  have  an  unlimited  amount  of 
money  to  invest  in  their  Amigas,  so  they  carefully 
watch  their  computer  dollars.  What  can  you  buy  for 
about  SI 50?  A  used  24-bit  graphics  board?  Maybe  a 
cheap  9-pin  dot-matrix  printer?  A  high-speed  modem? 
One  extremely  useful  and  versatile  item  in  this 
price  range  that's  easily  overlooked  is  an  external, 
high-density  lloppy-disk  drive.  Think  about  it.  Dou- 
ble-density (e.g.,  low-density)  disks  are  becoming 
increasingly  rare  as  lloppy-disk  manufacturers  phase 

Continued  on  p.  44. 


To  locate  the  vendors  of  the  products  reviewed,  see  the 
"Manufacturers'/Distributors'  Addresses"  list  on  p,  60. 


AmigaWorld  9 


ToasterMan's  Tips 


FOR 


Mastering  the  Video  Toaster 


If  you'd  like  to  trigger  effects  that  have  the  impact  of  a  speeding  ballet,  control 

a  switcher  more  powerful  than  a  locomotive,  and  create  transitions  that  leap 

tall  buildings  in  a  single  wipe — then  follow  ToasterMan  Leemon's  tips 

on  mastering  the  Video  Toaster  for  more  effective  video  productions. 


ITS  EASY  TO  learn  how  to  use  the  Video  Toaster,  but 
difficult  to  master  it.  Behind  its  simple  interface  lurks 
a  hidden  storehouse  of  mysteries.  Although  most 
Toaster  users  quickly  reach  the  point  where  they  can 
perforin  a  few  basic  functions,  many  remain  at  that 
level — unable  to  do  everything  they  would  like  to  do, 
and  unsure  of  what  other  things  they  could  be  doing. 
Mastering  the  Toaster  takes  time  and  some  guid- 
ance. While  unlocking  all  of  the  Toaster's  secrets  may 
be  beyond  the  scope  of  a  single  magazine  article,  the 
following  collection  of  tips  should  help  you  move  past 
some  of  the  initial  stumbling  blocks  and  point  you  on 
the  path  to  greater  proficiency  through  experimenta- 
tion on  your  own. 

The  first  three  tips  point  out  some  basic  concepts 
with  which  you  should  be  familiar  about  how  the 
Toaster  operates.  Think  of  these  as  quickie  introduc- 
tory lessons  to  get  you  up  to  speed.  The  remaining 
dozen  tips  are  shorter,  more  specific  hints  that  should 
benefit  Toaster  users  at  all  levels. 

#1     Keep  your  eye  on  the  DV1  and  DV2  buttons. 

THE  VIDEO  BUFFERS  are  the  key  to  how  the  Toaster 
performs  its  magic.  Once  you  understand  the  various 
ways  in  which  the  Toaster  relies  on  them,  you'll  be 
much  closer  to  understanding  how  it  operates. 

The  video  buffers  have  two  main  roles.  When  in 
Freeze  mode  (the  Switcher  button  marked  Freeze  is 
highlighted  in  yellow),  DV]  and  DY2  can  each  store  a 


still  video  image.  The  source  of  these  images  may  be 
external  (e.g.,  a  still  captured  from  motion  video), 
internal  (from  (he  I.ighlWave,  Toasterl'aint,  or  Char- 
acter Generator — CG — programs),  or  a  combination 
of  both  (such  as  a  video  still  with  a  title  overlaid  on  top 
of  it).  When  in  Live  mode  (Freeze  button  turned  off), 
the  two  buffers  are  used  together  to  convert  external 
video  from  camera  or  VCR  to  digital  video.  This  con- 
version is  necessary  in  order  for  the  Toaster  to  manip- 
ulate the  size  or  position  of  a  picture  with  its  digital 
effects  or  to  capture  a  still  image  in  its  Framestore. 

In  many  instances,  you  yourself  control  the  mode  in 
which  the  buffers  operate.  You  can  switch  to  Freeze 
mode  by  loading  a  Framestore,  or  by  hitting  the  Freeze 
button  to  capture  :i  still  frame,  and  then  switch  to  Live 
mode  by  clicking  Freeze  off.  In  other  cases,  however, 
the  Toaster  itself  takes  control  ol  the  these  buffers  for 
its  own  purposes.  This  can  result  in  unexpected  {and 
unwanted)  consequences.  For  example,  when  you  per- 
loitn  a  digital  effect  using  two  external  video  sources, 
the  Toaster  automatically  switches  into  Live  mode — 
and  dumps  whatever  still  images  are  in  DV1  and  DY2 
at  the  time.  The  lesson  here  is  that  if  you  don't  want 
to  lose  your  Framcstores,  be  sine  to  save  them  on  disk 
as  soon  as  you  capture  them. 

The  Toaster  will  also  switch  you  automatically  from 
Live  to  Freeze  mode  whenever  you  run  the  Toaster- 
Paint.  LightWave,  ChromaFX,  or  CG  programs, 
because  these  programs  use  DV1  and/or  DV2  either 
for  their  output  or  to  help  create  their  user-control  i 


By  Sheldon  Leemon 


H.l.lSTRATi-.D  K\  IS' I  VAN  HANYA1 


AmigaW'orld  11 


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screens.  There  are  a  couple  of  surprises  vou  may  run 
into  here.  First,  if  the  Toaster  switches  to  Freeze  mode 
in  order  to  use  one  of  the  buffers,  you  may  later  find 
a  frame  of  random  frozen  video  in  the  other  buffer. 
This  is  simply  whatever  video  happened  to  be  in  the 
digital  channel  when  the  Toaster  made  the  switch. 
Another  side  effect  you  may  experience  is  that  some- 
times when  you  press  the  Freeze  button  on  the 
Switcher  screen,  or  its  keyboard  equivalent,  nothing 
happens:  This  occurs  because  Toaster  operations  thai 
seize  the  video  buffers  lock  this  button  to  prevent  you 
from  accidentally  disrupting  them.  For  example,  if  vou 
the  GG  program  back  to  the  Switcher,  you'll  find 
t  the  Freeze  button  no  longer  works.  To  unlock  the 
button,  simply  select  one  of  the  effect  icons  (such  as 
Smooth  Fade)  to  signal  that  you  are  ready  to  return  to 
normal  Switcher  operation. 

#2  Learn  the  differences  between  external 

(analog)  sources  and  internal  (digital)  sources. 

THE  TOASTER  ALLOWS  you  to  switch  among  up  to 
seven  different  types  of  video  sources.  These  sources  are 
represented  as  Switcher  buttons  labeled  1,  2,  3,  4,  DV1, 
DY2,  and  DY3.  "Hie  four  numbered  sources  are  normal 
analog  video  sources — such  as  cameras,  VCRs,  or 
laserdiscs — that  are  generated  externally,  totally  inde- 
pendent ol 'die  Toaster.  The  sources  marked  DV1, 1)V2, 
and  DV3  are  all  digital-video  sources,  containing  images 
that  are  created,  modified,  and/or  displayed  by  the 
Toaster.  The  Toaster  can  perform  some  simple  effects 
(such  as  wipes)  on  analog  sources,  but  effects  that  change 
the  size,  position,  or  rotation  of  an  image  require  al  least 
one  digital  source.  In  order  to  perform  such  effects  on 
external  sources,  the  Toaster  must  switch  the  buffers  into 
Live  mode  and  use  them  to  convert  the  external  video 
into  a  digital  format  that  the  Toaster  can  manipulate. 
This  has  a  number  of  important  consequences. 

First,  there  is  a  restriction  on  the  sources  that  can  be 
used  with  digital  effects.  If  you  are  using  one  of  the  dig- 
ital buffers  to  display  a  still  image,  vou  won't  be  able 
to  perform  digital  effects  on  an  external  source,  since 
digitization  requires  both  buffers.  That's  why  you  can't 
fly  in  a  moving  video  image  from  an  external  source 
on  top  of  a  still.  On  the  other  hand,  you  can  fly  in  a 
still  on  top  of  moving  video  because  the  still  is  in  the 
required  digital  format.  The  rttfe  is  that  when  you  are 
working  with  one  moving  video  source  and  one  still, 
the  digital  effect  can  be  used  only  to  move,  rotate. 
or  resize  the  still.  Some  digital  effects,  such  as  Infin- 
ity,  Mosaic,  Infinite  Squeeze,  and  the  "background 
effects,"  digitally  alter  both  sources — first  the  outgoing 
Main  source  and  then  the  incoming  Preview  source. 


Table  1:  Combining  Toaster  Effects 


Combine  w/fh 

Combine  with 

Combine  with 

Smootn 

Luminance 

ChromaFX? 

Fade? 

Key? 

EFFECT  TYPE 

Digital  Effects 

Some 

Yes 

No 

Wipes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

ChromaFX 

Yes 

Yes 

- 

Smooth  Fade 

- 

Yes 

Yes 

These  effects  cannot  be  used  successfully  with  both  a 
still  and  a  moving  video  image. 

Converting  external  video  sources  to  internal  digital 
format  takes  a  small,  but  noticeable  amount  of  lime. 
As  a  result,  everything  happens  a  frame  or  two  later  in 
the  digital  version  (where  DV1  and  DV2  buttons  are  lit 
along  with  the  number  button)  than  in  the  original 
analog  source  (where  just  the  number  button  is  lit). 
Normally,  you  would  hardly  notice  this  delay,  but  there 
are  cases  when  it  can  gel  you  into  trouble.  If  you  sud- 
denly switch  from  a  digital  version  of  source  1  to  the 
analog  version,  for  example,  vou  may  see  a  jump  or 
skip  in  the  action.  To  avoid  this  problem,  use  the 
Smooth  Fade  effect  to  switch  from  the  analog  to  the 
digital  version  of  the  source. 

A  jump  can  also  arise  spontaneously  because  of  the 
Toaster's  habit  of  allocating  the  video  buffers  as  it  sees 
fit.  When  you  perform  digital  effects  with  two  external 
sources,  for  example,  the  Toaster  changes  the  allocation 
of  the  digital  buffers  as  needed  during  a  digital  effect, 
(ll  >ets  Preview  to  digital  for  an  effect  where  the  digital 
video  is  coining  on  screen,  and  Main  to  digital  for  an 
effect  where  the  digital  source  is  moving  off  screen.) 
Before  performing  an  "off'  effect,  you  should  set  the 
source  on  Main  to  digital  mode  (DV1  and  DV2  buttons 
are  lit  along  with  that  of  lite  input  channel  number). 
Before  performing  an  "on"  effect,  you  should  set  the 
source  ou  Main  to  analog  mode  (only  the  input  number 
button  is  lit).  Otherwise,  (here  will  be  a  noticeable  jump 
as  you  switch  from  delayed  to  nondclaycd  video  (or  vice 
versa).  To  switch  the  Main  source  from  analog  to  dig- 
ital (or  vice  versa)  when  you  are  in  the  middle  of  taping, 
use  the  Smooth  Fade  transition  as  suggested  above  to 
avoid  a  jump  when  you  make  the  change. 

You  can  use  the  digital  delay  as  a  new  type  of  effect 
by  doing  a  partial  wipe  from  a  delayed  source  to  a 
nondclaycd  version  of  that  same  source.  II  you  select, 
say,  the  Squares  or  Diamond  effect  using  one  digital 
and  one  analog  version  of  the  same  source,  simply 
move  die  T-Bar  hallway  down  and  you'll  get  a  shim- 
mering prism  type  of  effect  on  the  parts  of  the  video 
that  are  moving. 

#3  Get  to  know  the  different  kinds  of  effects. 

ALL  VIDEO  TOASTER  effects  are  not  created  equal. 
The  Toaster  performs  several  different  kinds  of  effects, 
each  with  slightly  different  characteristics.  The  two  main 
types  of  effects  are  analog  wipes  and  digital  effects.  In 
an  analog  wipe,  one  picture  replaces  the  other  a  bit  at 
a  time.  It's  as  if  the  Preview  screen  were  sitting  directly 
behind  the  Main  screen,  and  pan  of  the  picture  is  wiped 
away  to  reveal  a  portion  of  the  picture  behind  it.  The 
pattern  in  which  the  top  picture  is  removed  can  be  as 
simple  as  a  right-to-left  progression,  or  as  complex  as 
an  animation  of  shattering  glass.  Remember,  though, 
that  the  pictures  themselves  do  not  move  or  change  size 
in  a  wipe.  Only  the  "bole"  thai  allows  you  to  see  through 
one  image  to  the  other  changes.  By  contrast,  with  dig- 
ital effects,  either  of  the  pictures  (but  not  both)  can 
move,  change  size,  rotate,  or  split  apart. 

In  addition  to  these  basic  effect  types,  there  are  a 
large  number  of  variations.  Transition  effects  can  pro- 
ceed either  along  a  geometric  path  or  according  to  a 
path  in  which  each  step  is  based  on  a  frame  of  an  ani- 
mation. Effects  can  contain  overlays  of  a  solid  color 


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generated  by  the  Toaster,  a  semi-transparent  shadow 

generated  by  the  Toaster,  or  an  AGA  image  generated 
by  the  .Amiga's  graphics  system. 

There  are  also  other  effects  that  do  not  fit  into  any 
basic  category.  These  include  nontransition  effects 
such  as  the  Art  Card  or  SMITE  Bars  effect,  Trails 
effects,  Chroma  effects,  background  ellects,  and  so  on. 
All  of  these  effect  types  vary  according  to  the  sources 
with  which  they  may  be  used  and  the  other  ellects  with 
which  they  can  be  combined.  All  hough  the  various 
combinations  are  too  numerous  to  list,  l he  main  thing 
to  remember  is  that  Toaster  features  can  be  combined 
only  to  the  extent  that  thev  do  not  have  overlapping 
resource  requirements.  For  example,  digital  transition 
effects  and  Chroma/FX  both  use  the  digital-video 
buffers,  so  it  is  not  possible  to  combine  the  two. 

Combining  Toaster  effects  can  really  enhance  your 
capabilities,  so  you  should  make  an  effort  to  learn  what 
kinds  of  effects  can  be  used  together.  Table  1  (p.  12) 
should  give  you  a  basic  idea  of  what  kinds  of  effects  go 
together.  Also,  remember  that  if  three  different  effects 
are  compatible  with  one  another,  you  can  probably 
perform  all  three  at  once.  For  example,  it  is  possible 
to  use  luminance  keying  with  Chroma/FX,  and  then 
fade  the  whole  image  with  Smooth  Fade. 

#4  Loarn  tin;  keyboard  shorlculs. 

THE  SWITCHER,  CG,  Paint,  and  I.igluWave  pro- 
grams all  provide  for  keyboard  shortcuts,  which  not 
only  can  save  you  time,  but  also  even  allow  you  to  per- 
form some  operations  when  the  on-screen  controls  for 
those  functions  are  not  visible.  You  may  want  to  attach 
labels  such  as  "CAM  1"  or  "VCR  l2"  above  the  function 
keys  that  control  your  video  sources  to  make  it  easier 
to  use  these  keys  as  Switcher  buttons. 

#5  Curo  the  blank-screen  blues. 

SOME  EFFECTS  BLANK  out  the  control  screen  while 
in  progress.  If  the  control  screen  mysteriously  disap- 
pears and  doesn't  come  back,  press  the  spacebar  to 
finish  the  effect  and  it  will  reappear. 

Most  effects  can  be  performed  manually  by  pulling 
the  T-Bar  down.  You  can  often  switch  sources  while  the 
T-Bar  is  "parked"  in  an  Intermediate  position,  using 
the  Main  and  .Superimpose  bus  buttons.  If  the  effect 
blanks  out  the  control  screen,  you  can  still  use  the  key- 
board equivalents  (IT-F7  for  Main,  q-u  for  Superim- 
pose) to  change  sources.  Keep  in  mind,  however,  that 
some  effect  types  (such  as  effects  with  overlays)  don't 
allow  you  to  switch. 

If  an  effect  blanks  the  screen,  yon  cannot  use  the 
mouse  to  select  the  Smooth  Fade  icon.  It  is  possible  to 
fade  even  these  effects,  though,  by  controlling  the 
Switcher  from  a  sequencer  program  such  as  Toaster 
Toolkit  (DcvWarc)  or  T-Rexx  Professional  (Elastic 
Reality).  When  you  use  this  method  to  fade  an  effect 
with  a  border  (including  soft  edges)  or  an  animation, 
however,  only  the  border  or  animation  fades  away. 

#6  Gel  Help! ...  but  only  when  you  need  it. 

WHEN  YOU'RE  IN  the  Switcher,  pressing  the  Help 
key  on  the  keyboard  toggles  between  RGB-only  and 
Preview  control  screen  modes.  If  the  Switcher  control 


panel  ever  mysteriously  appears  on  top  of  your  Preview 
screen,  you've  probably  just  pressed  the  Help  key 
mistake.  Press  the  Help  key  again  to  remove  the  ci 
trot  panel, 

You  can,  however,  use  the  Help  key  when  you  r 
the  CG  program  to  remind  you  of  some  commands 
which  there  are  no  on-screen  buttons.  Forgot  how  to 
select  all  text  on  the  CG  screen  at  once?  Press  Heln! 

#7  Take  down  names. 

ALTHOUGH  THE  PICTURES  on  the  icons  provide 
a  pretty  good  clue  as  to  what  each  effect  does,  the 
name  of  the  effect  can  provide  some  additional  help.1 
When  you  press  the  close-parenthesis  key — ) — on  the 
numeric  keypad,  a  little  window  pops  up  under  [lie 
effects  panel,  showing  the  name  of  the  currently1 

selected  effect. 

/ 


#8  Don't  forget  to  multitask. 


/ 


THE  TOASTER  CAN  multitask,  but  it  isn't  always 
obvious  how  to  get  back  to  the  Workbench  screen  to 
run  another  program.  From  the  Switcher  screen,  you 
need  to  press  four  keys  consecutively:  Ctrl,  Ctrl,  Alt,  . 
Alt.  From  LightWave  or  ToasterPaint,  use  the  normal  / 
Left  Amiga-M  key  combination  to  switch  screens.  From 
other  Toaster  programs,  you  must  first  go  to  the' 
Switcher  screen  in  order  to  get  to  Workbench. 

#5>  Recapture  your  elfect-iveness. 

HAVE  YOU  EVER  turned  on  your  Toaster  only  to 
see  an  empty  effects  panel?  You  probably  loaded  the 
Get  Small  project  by  mistake.  A  Toaster  project  file 
includes  instructions  about  both  what  effects  to  load 
and  what  Toaster  programs  to  load  (CG,  Paint,  or 
LightWave).  The  Get  Small  project  tells  the  Toaster  to 
load  only  the  Smooth  Fade  effect.  I'm  get  your  effects 
back,  simply  load  another  project,  such  as  the  Toaster 
3. 1  project. 

Why  did  NewTek  include  a  project  with  almost 
no  effects  in  the  first  place?  Answer:  To  allow  vou  to 
maximize  your  memory.  LightWave  animations,  for 
example,  take  up  a  tremendous  amount  of  memory. 
Willi  a  full  1 8  megabytes  of  RAM,  you  can  play  an  ani- 
mation thai  is  only  about  »'  seconds  long.  If  your  ani- 
mation is  larger  than  will  fit  in  memory,  the  Switcher 
simply  stops  loading  it  when  the  memory  runs  out.  If 
you  find  that  your  animation  stops  before  the  end,  free 
up  some  memory  by  loading  the  Get  Small  project 
before  you  load  your  animation. 

Get  Small  can  also  help  you  multitask  with  memory 
hogs  like  Art  Department  Professional  (Elastic  Reality) 
that  require  even'  megabyte  they  can  get.  You  may 
want  to  load  the  Get  Small  project  before  starting  such 
a  program.  Finally,  Get  Small  may  help  you  load  large 
amounts  of  data  into  LightWave  or  ToasterPaint. 
Remember,  however,  to  save  any  projects  you  are 
working  on  in  these  programs  belbre  you  load  the  Get 
Small  project.  'When  you  load  Get  Small,  it  unloads  all 
of  the  programs,  and  you  lose  whatever  you  were 
working  on. 

If  yoit  need  only  lo  gel  back  a  little  memory,  con- 
sider unloading  individual  programs  instead  of 
unloading  everything  with  Gel  Small.  You  can  unload  *■ 


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the  C'<>  program,  for  example,  b)  holding  down 
Shift  key  and  clicking  the  CG  button  on  the 

itcher  screen.  The  same  goes  for  LightWave,  but 
may  need  lo  use  the  Quit  option  in  ToasterPaint 

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#;a'%ke'those  titles  fly. 

THE  CG'S  BUILT-IN  page  types  produce  great- 
looking  pages,  but  they  don't  allow  yon  to  move  your 
superimposed  titles  around.  If  you  want  to  fly  in  a  title, 
you  need  to  use  Superimpose  on  a  Framestore  page. 
'First,  create  a  Framestore  page  with  a  solid  black  back- 
ground and  render  it  out  to  DY1 .  Xext.  click  the  black 
Superimpose  button,  set  the  clip  level  lo  about  30,  and 
click  the  DV1  buiton  on  the  Superimpose  panel.  Your 
title  should  now  be  superimposed  on  whatever  video 
source  appears-on  the  Main  channel.  Try  using  the 
Kicked  Puppv  effect  to  bounce  the  title  oil.  Then  you  can 
use  an  effect  such  as  Fly  In  to  bring  the  title  back.  Note, 
however,  that  onlv  digital  effects  work  with  keved  tides. 
When  you  key  out  the  black  background,  you'll  prob- 
ably lose  the  shadow  and  outline  along  with  it.  You  can 
solve  this  problem  by  changing  the  color  of  the  shadow 
'-'j^anH  outline  to  dark  gray  instead  of  black. 

#11   Make  it  transparent. 

YOU  CAN'T  MARK  your  titles  semitransparent  just 
by  changing  the  Alpha  setting  of  the  text  on  the  color 
palette.  That's  because  the  shadow  and  outline  sit 
behind  the  text.  If  the  shadow  is  solid,  you  won't  see 
through  to  die  video  behind  the  text,  no  matter  how 
transparent  you  make  the  letters  themselves.  The  solu- 
tion is  to  make  the  shadow  and  outline  at  least  as  trans- 
parent as  the  text  itself,  or  one  level  more  transparent 

#72  Program  your  programs. 

THE  VIDEO  TOASTER'S  ARexx  interface  allows  you 
to  do  almost  anything  under  software  control  that 
you  could  do  manually.  Even  if  vou  can't  program  a 
lick,  you  can  use  a  sequencer  program  like  T-Rexx 
Professional  or  Toaster  Toolkit  to  easily  create  elab- 
orate sequences  of  Toaster  actions.  These  programs 
have  other  talents  as  well.  They  allow  you  to  set  DV3 
to  any  of  4096  colors,  instead  of  just  9.  They  also  let 
you  edit  animated  wipes,  or  create  your  own,  by 
turning  animation  files  into  effects,  or  effects  into 
animation  files.  You  can  create  plain  wipes,  wipes 
with  solid-color  overlays,  or  alpha-channel  wipes. 
These  programs  require  animation  files  in  Amiga 
ANIM  format,  however,  not  Toaster  LightWave 
format.  To  create  your  own  effects,  you'll  need  an 
Amiga  paint  program  like  Digital  Creations'  Bril- 
liance or  Electronic  Arts*  DeluxePaint  IV. 

#13  Fin;  al  will. 

IF  lOU  HAVE  A  sequencer  program,  you  can  take 
advantage  of  the  fact  that  the  GPI  uses  the  same  con- 
nections as  a  joystick  fircbutton.  By  placing  "pause  for 
GPI"  commands  in  your  script,  you  can  use  a  joystick 
as  a  remote  control-device  for  running  a  slideshow. 
Each  time  you  press  the  firebutton,  the  script  executes 
the  next  series  of  commands. 


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#14  Make  small  beautiful. 

WHEN  THE  TOASTER  shrinks  a  video  image  with  a 
digital  effect,  it  docs  not  have  the  time  to  smoothly 
scale  the  image.  Instead,  it  "throws  away"  pixels,  which 
makes  the  small  image  look  blocky  and  distorted. 
This  isn't  very  noticeable  when  the  image  shrinks  or 
expands  quickly,  but  it  creates  problems  when  the 
image  remains  still,  as  it  may  when  you  use  Position- 
able  Expand  or  Shrink. 

If  you  need  a  small  image  for  an  "over-the-shoulder" 
shot,  consider  reducing  a  still  image  in  ToasterPaint 
and  using  it  instead.  You  won't  get  a  moving  image, 
but  the  small  picture  will  look  very  sharp  and  clean.  For 
moving  video,  try  a  positionable  wipe  to  create  a 
"window"  in  the  corner  of  the  screen,  and  then  shoot 
the  second  image  to  fit  in  the  window.  If  you  need 
clean-looking  moving  video  with  an  entire  screen  com- 
pressed into  a  small  window,  however,  consider  pur- 
chasing the  Feral  Effects  TBC  from  Feral  Industries. 
In  addition  to  normal  TBC  functions,  this  card  allows 
you  to  shrink  a  moving  video  source  and  to  position  it 
wherever  you  wish  on  top  of  another  source. 

#15  Avoid  file  follies. 

I  III  I'OASI  l-.R  SAVES  a  lol  of  files  in  a  lot  of  direc- 
tories, but  doesn't  give  you  full  access  to  these  direc- 
tories. For  example,  if  vou  save  a  frame  with  the  same 
number,  but  a  different  name,  as  an  existing  frame,  the 
second  file  is  stored  along  with  the  first.  Since  the 
Toaster  displays  only  one  filename  for  each  number, 
however,  one  of  them  will  become  a  "hidden"  file, 
which  takes  up  space  but  doesn't  appear  on  the 
Switcher's  list  of  available  files.  The  only  way  to  remedy 
this  situation  is  to  use  the  Workbench  or  an  Amiga 
file-manipulation  program  such  as  Directory  Opus 
from  INOVAtronics  to  rename  the  duplicate  file  with 
another  number,  or  to  delete  it  altogether. 

It's  not  very  easy  to  use  the  Workbench  to  manipu- 
late Toaster  files,  however.  That's  because  there  is  no 
icon  for  important  Toaster  directories  such  as  Frame- 
store  and  3D.  Be  sure  to  turn  on  the  Show  All  Files  fea- 
ture of  the  Windows  menu  on  the  Workbench  to  see 
all  of  the  directories  in  your  Toaster  partition. 

Many  Toaster  file  requesters  leave  something  to  be 
desired — for  instance,  they  may  not  have  buttons  for 
all  your  drives.  In  most  cases,  however,  you  can  type 
the  director}'  path  right  into  the  text  box  of  the 
requester.  If  you  want  to  use  drive  [HO:  in  LightWave, 
for  example,  you  can  type  the  drive  name  in  the  file 
requester  and  press  Return  to  see  a  listing  of  the  top 
directory  of  that  drive. 

Putting  these  tips  into  practice  may  not  give  you  the 
inside  track  to  Truth,  Justice,  and  the  American  Way. 
but  they  should  help  you  unleash  more  of  the  Toaster's 
tremendous  power  and  potential  .  .  .  and  make  your 
next  video/animation  project  just  super!  ■ 

Sheldon  Leemon,  a  computer/video  consultant  and  instructor, 

is  tin'  author  of  two  hooks  and  scores  of  articles  covering  the 
Amiga.  He  also  semes  as  Amiga  Forum  Manager  on  National 
Videotex  Network.  Write  lo  him  c/o  AmigaWorld,  Editorial 
DepL,  80  Elm  St.,  Peterborough,  NH  03458-0802. 


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The  Raptor  processing  engine  is  a  locomotive  that  drives  LightWave  rendering 

faster,  faster, 


AS  DIGITAL  IMAGES 
become  more  com- 
plex, computers  are 
challenged  to  keep  up.  Even  a  fasL  Amiga  4000 
can  take  an  hour  to  generate  a  complex  3-D  image — 
and  more  than  a  day  to  produce  the  SO  Frames 
required  for  one  second  of  animation. 

For  hobbyists,  such  speeds  are  a         [j  \j    J  H  ■'  |  |) 
mere  annoyance  (we  do  become 
spoiled,  don't  we?).  But  for  professionals,  slow 
rendering  may  derail  a  project.  So  where  can  a  3-D 
professional  catch  the  Silver  Bullet  to  Renderland? 


Up  ahead,  at  DeskStation. 

DeskStation  Technology's 
Raptor,  a  dedicated  ren- 
dering box,  speeds  the  output  ofNewTek's  LightWave 
software  by  10-40  times  (see  the  sidebar  "Ahead  of 
Schedule"  For  details),  and  the  recently  announced 
Raptor  Plus  promises  even  speedier 
ON    i'  i:  [  M  0  N     performance.  The  Raptor  is  the  direct 
descendant  of  the  Video  Toaster 
Screamer,  the  rendering  engine  NewTek  announced 
in  late  1993  but  never  shipped  in  quantity.  The 
Screamer  nas  to  have  had  four  MIPS  R4400  proces-  *- 


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Train  Scene,  used  in  the  speed  trials  (see  "Ahead  of  Schedule,"  below),  is  a  still 
from  Jon  Tindall's  Ghost  Train  animation. 


The  Logo  Scene  test  image  brought  a  more  dramatic  speed  increase  from  the  Raptor. 


sors,  giving  it  40  times  the  processing 
power  of  the  Toaster  4000. 

For  a  variety  of  reasons,  NewTek 
decided  to  stop  work  on  the  Screamer, 
concentrating  instead  on  the  Flyer,  the 
company's  upcoming  nonlinear  editing 
system.  NewTek's  change  of  plans 
cleared  the  way  for  DeskStation  Tech- 
nology, the  company  actually  producing 
the  Screamer  hardware,  to  introduce  its 
own  scaled-down  version,  called  the 
Raptor.  Don't  be  fooled  by  the  "scaled- 
down"  reference,  though.  The  Raptor  is 
huge,  weighing  80  pounds  and  standing 
almost  three  feet  high.  It  is  also  expen- 
sive, costing  513,900  for  a  complete 
system.  Unlike  the  original  Screamer, 
the  Raptor  conies  with  only  two  R4400 
processors,  each  with  64MB  of  RAM. 
You  can,  however,  connect  several 
Raptor  systems  together  to  achieve  per- 
formance equal  to,  or  better  than,  that 
of  the  Screamer. 

Up  To  Speed 

Because  the  Raptor  is  basically  a  com- 
puter without  a  monitor  or  keyboard,  you 
must  connect  it  to  your  Toaster  system  in 
order  to  use  it.  This  requires  both  hard- 
ware and  software.  The  hardware  is  an 
Ethernet  networking  card,  which  you 
must  install  in  vourToaster  machine  and 
connect  to  the  Raptor's  built-in  Ethernet 
card  with  thin-wire  cable.  Currently,  the 
Raptor  is  compatible  only  with  the  Com- 
modore or  Oxxi  Hydranet  Ethernet 
adapters.  The  software  is  a  special  ver- 
sion of  lightwave,  which  costs  an  addi- 
tional S2000,  This  version  includes  a 
ScreamerNet  control  panel  (see  Figure  1, 
next  page)  that  allows  LightWave  to  com- 
municate with  the  Raptor. 

Using  the  Raptor  from  LightWave  is 
relatively  simple,  but  it  is  not  auto- 
matic, Before  you  can  render  with  the 
Raptor,  you  must  initialize  the  external 
processors  and  send  them  the  data 
describing  the  current  scene.  Although 


Ahead  of  Schedule 

How  does  Raptor  rendering  compare  to  rendering  on  an  A4000/40 — and  to  an  even  faster  40  MHz  A4000/40?  To 
find  out,  I  tested  all  three  systems  with  both  of  the  images  pictured  above. 


A4000/040,  40  MHz 

3293  seconds 
6791  seconds 


Raptor 

497  seconds 
601  seconds 


A4000/040 
Train  Scene  6126  seconds 

LogoStene  13,625  seconds 

Train  Scene  is  a  frame  from  Jon  Tindall's  animation.  Ghost  Train,  which  we've  used  in  past  evaluations  of  68040 
accelerators.  (It  was  the  "complex  render"  task  in  the  WarpEngine  vs.  G-Force  '040  review  in  AW,  Sept.  '94,  p.  10.) 
This  scene  uses  only  ray-traced  shadows  and  medium  antialiasing. 

In  the  Logo  Scene,  a  large  text  logo  appears  in  front  of  the  Texture  Examples  scene  that  comes  with  the  Video 
Toaster.  The  text  is  100%  transparent,  with  an  index  of  refraction  of  1.7,  so  that  it  appears  to  be  made  of  glass.  "The 
scene  uses  ray-traced  shadows,  reflections,  and  refraction,  as  well  as  low  antialiasing.  D 

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Ethernet  generally  provides  fast  111c  transfer,  the 
prerelease  version  of  the  LightWave  ScreamerNet 
software  takes  a  long  time  to  transfer  the  data  10  the 
Raptor.  In  fact,  it  took  nearly  two  minutes  to 
transfer  data  about  a  scene  whose  hies  occupy  less 
than  200K  of  disk  space!  We  can  only  hope  that  the 
transfer  speed  will  improve  in  future  versions  of 
the  software. 

Once  the  data  is  loaded  into  the  Raptor,  you  must 
choose  whether  to  have  each  of  the  two  processors 
work  on  one-half  of  the  same  frame,  or  each  on  a  sep- 
arate frame.  For  a  test  render  of  a  .single  frame,  you'll 
want  to  use  both  processors  on  one  frame,  but  for  ani- 
mations, it  is  generally  better  to  have  one  processor 
winking  on  each  frame.  That  way.  if  one  half  of  the  pic- 
lure  takes  much  longer  to  render  than  the  other,  you 
won't  have  one  processor  sitting  idle  waiting  For  its 
mate  to  finish.  .After  you've  selected  the  render  mode, 
you  press  the  Render  button,  and  away  you  go.  At  this 
point,  all  LightWave  is  doing  is  waiting  for  data  from 
the  Raptor.  Unfortunately,  however,  it  can't  just  collect 
the  finished  images  in  the  background  while  you  work 


Figure  1:  The  Raptor  requires  a  special  version  of  LightWave  that 
includes  a  ScreamerNet  control  panel. 

on  another  scene,  or  use  the  A4000  to  render.  This  is 
another  area  in  which  the  preliminary  software  could 
stand  some  improvement. 

On  the  bright  side,  you  won't  have  to  wait  long  for 
your  scene  to  finish  rendering.  The  actual  degree  of 
speed  increase  depends  on  the  complexity  of  the  scene 
and  the  number  of  time-intensive  features  (like  ray- 
tracing)  that  are  turned  on.  Even  simple  scenes  render 
at  least  eight  to  ten  times  faster  than  normal.  Scenes 
that  use  several  features  like  transparency,  ray-traced 
reflections,  refraction,  shadows,  and  bump  maps,  how- 
ever, lender  anywhere  from  20-35  times  as  fast  as  on 
a  stock  Amiga  4000  (see  the  sidebar,  p.  16).  For  the 
professional  3-1)  artist,  this  translates  into  test  renders 
that  take  minutes  instead  of  hours,  and  complete  ani- 
mations that  take  a  day  instead  of  a  week. 

Alternate  Tracks 

To  address  differing  needs,  DeskStalion  is  currently 


releasing  two  new  variations  on  the  same  theme.  One, 
the  Raptor  Plus  (S 1 0.900),  an  updated  version  of  the 
original  Raptor,  uses  a  pair  of  the  faster  R4000  RISC: 
processors  (running  at  133  MHz)  and  includes  12SMB 
of  RAM  per  processor.  Owners  of  the  original  Raptor 
can  upgrade  to  the  Plus  version  for  $5000  (this  involves 
sending  your  Raptor  to  DeskStation  for  a  chip  swap). 
DeskStaiion  also  maintains  that  at  some  point,  Raptor 
owners  may  be  able  to  upgrade  their  systems  to  full 
dual-processor  workstation  status.  Beta  testers  have 
reported  that  Raptor  Plus  performs  twice  as  fast,  on 
average,  as  the  original  Raptor. 

The  other  new  model,  the  Raptor  II,  is  a  complete, 
non-Amiga  workstation,  with  a  keyboard,  mouse, 
triple-speed  CD-ROM  drive,  500MB  SCSI  hard  drive, 
Ethernet  adapter.  24-bil  color-display  card,  and  17- 
inch  color  monitor.  The  Raptor  II  Ills  in  a  normal -sized 
tower  case  and  comes  with  a  full  version  of  the  Win- 
dows NT  operating  system  (the  original  Raptor  has 
only  a  limited  version  of  Windows  NT).  The  total  price 
for  this  package  is  under  510,000.  Although  the  Raptor 
II  has  only  a  single  processor,  with  32  MB  of  RAM,  il 
uses  the  1 33-MHz  MIPS  R4600,  a  newer  chip  with  50% 
more  processing  power  than  the  R4400  used  in  the 
original  Raptor.  That  means  it  will  render  at  about 
75%  of  the  speed  of  the  original  Raptor,  as  well  as  run- 
ning the  MIPS  version  ofany  Windows  NT  software  at 
blinding  speeds. 

Admittedly,  there  isn't  much  Windows  NT  software 
available  vet,  but  with  Microsoft  backing  it  heavily,  and 
with  its  easy  portability  to  the  forthcoming  32-bit  ver- 
sion of  Windows,  you  can  expect  a  flood  of  such  soft- 
ware in  the  next  couple  of  years.  You  can  also  expect 
a  number  of  custom  applications  designed  specifically 
for  the  Raptor,  including  Winlmages  FX  and  Winlm- 
ages  Morph  (from  Black  Belt  Systems),  Elastic  Reality 
(from  the  former  ASDG),  Real  3D  (Realsoft),  Designer 
(the  NT  version  of  RIO  by  AT&T),  Invisagc  (Byte  bv 
Byte),  and  QFX  (Ron  Scott). 

First-Class  Fare 

Clearly,  the  Raptor  is  currently  priced  beyond  the 
means  of  the  casual  user.  You  should,  however,  keep 
this  pricing  in  some  perspective.  Professionals  who  are 
accustomed  to  paying  $30,000  to  §100,000  for  such  a 
powerful  workstation  are  apt  to  look  on  the  system  as 
a  bargain.  For  these  users,  the  Raptor  will  pay  for  itself 
alter  only  a  few  jobs. 

More  importantly,  however,  you  should  not  overlook 
the  long-term  trend  for  technology  to  become  less 
expensive.  Two  years  ago,  the  first  Pentium  worksta- 
tions were  also  priced  at  over  S  10,000,  Today,  you  can 
buy  a  comparable  system  for  less  than  S2000.  So  it  is 
not  unreasonable  to  expect  that  the  Raptor  represents 
the  average  level  of  power  that  we  can  expect  to  enjoy 
in  the  not-so-dislani  future. 

For  now,  it  is  nice  to  know  that  although  yon  may 
not  require  the  power  of  the  Raptor  immediately,  it  is 
available  should  the  need  arise.  ■ 

Sheldon  Leemoit  is  a  computer/video  consultant  and 
instructor  in  the  Detroit  urea.  He  is  the  author  of  two  hooks 
and  countless  articles  covering  the  Amiga,  and  saves  as 
Amiga  Fortun  Manager  on  National  Videotex  Network. 
Write  to  him  do  AmigaWorld  Editorial,  PO  Box  802, 
80  Elm  St.,  Peterborough,  NH  03458-0802. 


Its'  November  1994 


The 


Joy  of 


Amiga  Style 


With  the  right  equipment  and  the  relevant  "facts,"  you  can  turn  your  Amiga  into  a  first- 
class  fax  setup  that's  better,  cheaper,  and  more  convenient  than  a  dedicated  fax  machine. 


PERSONAL  COMPUTERS  GIVE  you  instant  gratifi- 
cation. So  docs  fax.  just  as  you  see  almost  instantly  the 

results  of  your  keystrokes  on  your  Amiga's  screen,  fac- 
simile machines  deliver  pages  practically  at  the  touch 
of  a  button.  The  two  technologies  are  a  natural  blend, 
and  understanding  computer  faxing  and  how  to  do  it 
with  your  Amiga  could  save  you  the  expense  of  buy- 
ing a  fax  machine,  or  give  you  a  better-quality  fax  set- 
up if  your  current  fax  equipment  is  anything  less  than 
the  top  of  the  line. 

The  appeal  of  faxing  lies  in  its  convenience,  speed, 
and  low  cost,  not  in  lite  quality  of  its  output,  which, 
unlike  thai  of  photocopiers,  varies  only  from  poor  to 
haieh-  acceptable.  Most  lax  machines  use  rolls  of  ther- 
mal paper  that  you  have  to  cut  into  pages  with  scissors. 
The  paper  feels  funny,  tends  to  curl  up,  and  becomes 
quickly  yellow  or  faded.  The  printing — low-resolution 
and  jaggy — isn't  much  better.  The  best  machines  out- 
put to  plain  paper  usint,'  inkjet  or  laser  technology,  and 
are  capable  of  higher  resolutions.  If  von  use  your 
Amiga  and  printer  for  faxing,  however,  the  chances  are 
that  you  already  have  the  equipment  to  match  the 
quality  of  these  better  fax  machines.  (For  descriptions  of 
products  mentioned  in  this  article,  see  the  "Amiga  Fax  Prod- 
nets"  sidebar.  For  information  on  contacting  the  developers 
of  those  products,  see  the  "Manufacturers'/Distributors' 
Addresses"  list  on  p.  60.) 

How  Faxing  Works 

To  understand  computer  faxing,  you  have  to  know 
how  faxing  works  in  general.  Wiat  happens  when  you 
send  a  fax  between  two  fax  machines  is  as  follows:  You 
enter  the  fax  number  of  the  remote  machine  into  your 
machine  and  feed  into  it  the  pages  you  want  trans- 
mitted. The  local  machine  dials  the  remote  machine, 
the  two  connecting  in  the  same  way  as  do  two  modems. 
The  local  machine  scans  the  pages  slowly,  creating  a 
digitized  version  and  sending  it  over  the  phone  line. 
The  remote  machine  converts  the  digitized  version 


and  prints  out  the  data.  When  all  pages  are  sent,  both 
machines  hang  up. 

Obviously,  with  dozens  of  manufacturers  of  fax 
machines,  a  standard  was  needed  so  that  thev  could 
all  communicate  with  one  another.  Almost  all  fax 
machines  worldwide  now  incorporate  what  is  known  as 
the  Group  3  standard.  (There  were  earlier  Group  1 
and  Group  2  standards,  and  if  you  really  have  to,  you 
can  use  most  Group  3  fax  devices  to  [slowly]  send  or 
receive  from  one  of  the  obsolete  machines.  There  is  a 
Group  4  standard,  but  it  requires  digital  phone  lines 
[ISDN]  and  so  is  currently  of  limited  use.)  »- 


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FAXING 


Group  3  machines  scan  at  a  resolution  of  203x98dpi 

(clots  per  inch)  in  normal  mode  or  203x1 96dpi  in 
"line"  mode.  Their  images  are  compressed  and  trans- 
mined  at  9(500  bps  (bits  per  second),  Hence,  an 

8.5x1 1 -inch  page  filled  primarily  with  text  typically 
takes  about  30  seconds  to  transmit  in  normal  mode. 
Fine-mode  transmission  about  doubles  the  time. 

An  extension  to  the  Group  3  standard.  Group  3bis, 
provides  lor  transmission  al  1-1. 4kbps  (thousand  hits 
per  second)  and  a  resolution  of  up  to  406x196dpi. 
The  higher  resolution  mode  is  not  much  in  use,  but 
14.4kbps  transmission  mode  is  becoming  common. 
Obviously,  the  (aster  speed  quickly  offsets  in  phone- 
bill  savings  the  cost  of  the  faster  modem.  (If  you  have 
a  device  capable  of  14.4kbps,  you  can  still  send  faxes 
a)  the  slower  9.6kbps  speed.) 

Other  than  when  purchasing  and  setting  up  a  fax 
device,  von  don't  really  have  to  worry  about  the  details  of 
all  of  these  standards.  Fax  machines  automatically 
negotiate  the  highest  speed  al  which  they  can  connect. 
You  need  to  know  only  that  fine  mode  means  vi  m'll  spend 
more  lime  on  the  phone:  otherwise,  the  standard  doesn't 


matter.  If  you  choose  to  send  a  fax  in  line  mode  and  the 
machine  on  the  other  end  does  not  support  il.  your 
machine  will  automatically  fall  back  to  normal  mode. 

How  Computer  Faxing  Works 

Because  fax  machines  send  digital  data  over  phone 
lines,  computers  can  naturally  get  in  on  the  act.  Most 
new  computer  modems  include  fax  capabilities  (the 
standards  used  are  different,  even  for  connecting  at 
identical  speeds).  If  you  have  such  a  modem,  you 
can  take  advantage  of  its  built-in  fax  feature  just  by 
adding  fax  software — in  the  same  way  you  use  ter- 
minal software  to  take  advantage  of  the  data  aspect 
of  your  modem. 

Sou  can  display  received  faxes  on  screen,  or  you  can 
output  them  on  vour  system's  printer.  You  can  also 
send  taxes  directly  from  an  application  rather  than 
first  printing  them  out.  You  can  even  scan  a  document 
for  transmission  with  your  fax  modem. 

All  current  fax/data  modems  support  Group  :i  fax- 
ing. Some  may  support  only  9.6kbps,  Inn  many  sup- 
port  1  -1.4kbps.  What  really  distinguishes  between 


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continuous  revision  since  1991.  making  il  a  powerful,  flexible,  and 
reliable  package.  The  latest  version  works  wiili  just  about  any  ( llass 
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The  GPFax  user  interface  is  simple  and  easy  to  use,  with  all 
options  just  a  mouse-click  away. 

1  modem,  GPFax  is  your  only  choice.  It  now  comes  as  a  single  disk 
and  uses  Installer  to  install  the  correct  options  for  vour  modem.  Il 
also  lias  extensive  ARexx  support.  The  program  provides  a  single- 
screen,  point-and-dick  user  interface,  which,  while  nonstandard  like 
the  old  ADPro,  is  simple  and  easy  to  use. 

My  one  complaint  about  GPFax  is  lhal  it  uses  A4  paper — longer 
than  8.5x11 — as  its  standard  size  (GPSofi  is,  "I  course,  an  Aus- 


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The  way  around  this  is  always  to  use  GPFax's  printer  device  and 
to  print  from  another  application  in  order  to  send  a  fax. 

Excellent  technical  support  is  available  directly  From  the  pro- 
grammers at  GPSofi  by  phone.  Fax,  e-mail,  or  UseNet.  Some  sup- 
port is  also  available  from  Supra,  al  least  for  copies  bundled  with  the 
company's  modems. 

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modems:  manual  faxing  capability  also  seems  to  be  missing.  1  low- 
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them  is  whether  they  have  a  Class  1,  Class  2,  or  CAS 
interface.  (CAS,  a  standard  incompatible  with  Amiga 
fax  software,  is  used  by  Intel  modems  and  a  few 
others.)  Just  as  terminal  software  uses  the  AT  com- 
mand set  for  data  moderns  to  dial  and  to  set  options, 
fax  software  needs  an  interface  for  lax  modems.  Class 
1  and  Class  2  are  international  standards  for  fax-spe- 
cilic  AT  commands. 

Class  1  uses  a  small  command  set  and  forces  tin- 
computer  to  do  quite  a  bit  of  work  in  real  time  during 
faxing.  Most  fax  modems  that  don't  indicate  their  type 
use  the  Class  1  standard.  Class  2  uses  a  much  larger 
command  set,  so  that  the  modem  demands  less  of  the 
computer.  For  Amigas,  this  is  an  important  consider- 
ation. Because  serial  overrun  is  a  classic  problem  on 
the  Amiga,  anything  is  welcome  that  makes  response 
to  the  serial  port  less  critical. 

While  the  cheapest  fax  machines  cost  more  than 
S200,  with  good  ones  going  for  much  more,  a  goocl 
fax/data  modem  can  be  had  for  under  S 1 50  and  is  use- 
ful for  a  lot  more  than  faxing.  Hence,  economics 
strongly  favors  computer  faxing. 


Sending  Faxes 

Computers  excel  at  sending  faxes.  Attach  a  fax  mo- 
dem, plug  it  into  the  phone  line,  install  your  fax  soft- 
ware, and  away  you  go.  Most  fax  software  is  capable 
of  redirecting  printer  output  so  that  when  you  print 
from  an  application,  the  output  can  go  out  as  a  fax 
rather  than  to  the  printer.  This  saves  time  and  paper, 
and  produces  higher-quality  faxes.  By  skipping  the 
scanning  done  by  a  fax  machine,  you  eliminate 
smudges,  smears,  and  other  marks  or  errors  from  the 
process. 

The  exact  method  of  sending  faxes  from  external 
applications  differs  slightly  from  one  fax  software 
package  to  another,  but  the  basic  idea  is  the  same. 
You  start  the  fax  software  and  indicate  that  you  want 
printer  output  sent  to  the  lax  instead.  Once  you've 
clone  so,  everything  sent  to  the  Preferences  printer  by 
any  application  (word  processor  or  paint  program, 
for  example)  goes  to  die  fax  software  instead  of  the 
printer.  (An  exception  is  if  you  have  a  PostScript 
printer,  in  which  case  you  must  be  sure  to  print  in 
graphics  mode  or  to  the  Preferences  printer  rather  » 


at  a  later  time,  printer  capture  for  faxing  from  other  applications, 

log  files,  and  flexible  viewing  of  faxes  on  screen. 

TrapFax's  interface  is  bused  on  a  Workbench  drawer  containing 
several  programs,  each  of  which  handles  a  different  task,  such  as 
viewing  faxes  or  setting  up  to  receive  incoming  faxes.  I  found  this 
interlace  more  difficult  to  use,  but  I  saw  several  clear  advantages  for 
some  advanced  applications.  For  example,  handling  faxes  on  a 
network  of  Amigas  looks  much  easier  with  TrapFax  than  with  any 
oilier  Amiga  software. 

Expert  Services  provides  courteous  telephone,  mail,  and  fax  sup- 
port in  the  US,  as  well  as  a  mail  address  for  the  software's  authors 
in  Germany.  (See  "Reviews,"  Aug.  '94,  p.  14.  Tor  a  full  review  of 
TrapFax.) 

AmigaFax 

C-Born  Software 
Shareware,  S.iQ 

'litis  shareware  package  lias  many  of  the  same  major  features  as  the 
above  two  commercial  programs.  Its  documentation  does  not  indicate 
that  it  supports  Class  1  modems,  so  presumably  it  supports  only  Class 
2.  It  has  special  support  forTeX,  however,  making  it  especially  well- 
suited  for  some  programmers. 

Unlike  GPFax  and  TrapFax,  .AmigaFax  does  not  use  the  standard 
IFF  FAXX  form  for  its  data  fifes.  Also  unfortunate  is  the  lack  of  a 
2.0-style  user  interface.  For  those  on  a  budget  or  using  TeX,  how- 
ever, AmigaFax  might  be  a  good  alternative. 

El  Cheapo  Fax 
Freely  distributable 

|usl  as  the  name  says:  The  bare  minimum  to  send  and  receive  faxes 
with  your  Amiga  and  a  Class  2  fax  modem.  Nothing  is  automatic.  No 
phone  book,  no  scheduling,  nothing.  You  can  use  a  special  Prefer- 
ences printer  driver  to  create  fax  files  as  output  from  other  applica- 
tions, but  you  must  then  send  that  file  on  your  own.  You  cannot 
directly  view  faxes,  but  must  convert  them  to  IFF  for  display. 

The  interface  is  CLI-only,  but  there  is  a  shareware  add-on  pack- 
age called  ECFax  Enhancer  that  provides  a  GUI  (Graphical  User  In- 


terface). The  English  documentation  for  ECFax  Enhancer  is  dill's- 
cult  (o  read,  though  I'm  sure  the  French  is  much  better. 

If  your  budget  has  you  choosing  between  dinner  and  software,  you 
might  get  by  with  El  Cheapo  Fax.  Otherwise,  choose  the  commer- 
cial programs.  Their  luxuries  are  well  worth  the  price. 

PhonePak  VFX 
GVP 

$300  (street  price) 

"flic  PfionePak  is  a  voice-niaif 'lax-management  solution,  but  does  not 
include  a  data  modem,  The  hardware  is  compatible  only  with  its  own 
(included)  software.  Basically,  PhonePak  is  a  fancy  answering  ma- 
chine ihat  records  incoming  message',  as  standard  Amiga  IFF  sound 
files.  Its  voice-mail  capabilities,  however,  are  sophisticated,  offering 
you  a  wide  variety  of  options  for  handling  incoming  calls.  PhonePak 
also  automatically  detects  and  receives  fax-machine  calls,  and  it 
can  combine  a  fax  and  a  voice  message  in  a  single  lile.  In  addition, 
it  oilers  a  number  of  options  for  managing  outgoing  faxes,  includ- 
ing a  provision  for  sending  taxes  directly  from  applications  pro- 
grams. (For  a  review  of  PhonePak  VFX,  see  Feb.  "93,  p.  24.) 

FaxPak 

Teledisk  Systems 
S299. 

While  not  an  Amiga-specific  solution,  this  is  a  valuable  if  little- 
known  piece  of  hardware.  It  turns  your  computer's  printer  into  a 
plain-paper  fax  (receive  only).  It  has  a  small,  attractive  case  that 
houses  fax-receiving  hardware,  phone  in  and  out,  parallel  in  and  out. 
and  serial  in  and  out.  It  also  functions  as  a  printer  switch  (you  can 
hook  one  computer  to  the  serial  in  and  one  to  the  parallel  in,  and 
they  both  prim  to  the  printer  connected  to  the  parallel  or  serial  out). 
It  stores  up  to  40  pages  of  faxes  received  while  the  primer  is  off  or 
offline,  (i.e.,  out  of  paper). 

The  interface  is  a  bit  trying  (you  must  call  the  box  from  a  touch- 
lone  phone  to  program  it),  hut  most  people  just  need  to  set  il  once 
and  then  forget  it,  so  that  is  tolerable.  Hum  uanl  printouts  of  all 
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than  to  the  serial  or  parallel  port.)  The  fax  software 
either  creates  a  file  in  fax  format  or  prompts  you  for 
the  number  to  send  the  fax  to.  Once  clone  faxing,  you 
torn  off  the  printer  option  in  the  lax  software  so  that 
your  applications  can  again  use  the  real  printer. 

Unfortunately,  the  Amiga's  current  standard  oper- 
ating-system printer  support  doesn't  allow  you  to 
choose  from  multiple  primers  (or  from  fax  or  printer) 
at  the  time  of  printing.  The  way  you  configure  Prefer- 
ences and  your  lax  software  before  you  print  defines 
where  your  printout  will  go.  If  you  forget  to  activate 
your  fax  software,  your  printer  will  be  wasting  paper 
before  you  realize  your  error. 

In  the  bclls-and-whistles  department,  fax  software 
can  provide  some  nifty  options  when  you're  sending 
faxes.  Some  programs  can  schedule  the  sending  ol  a 
fax,  choosing  a  time  when  phone  rates  are  lower. 
Some  can  keep  a  large  database  of  phone  numbers 
and  automatically  send  a  single  fax  to  many  numbers. 
Finally,  your  software  may  keep  extensive  logs  of  when 
you  sent  faxes,  where  you  sent  them,  and  what  they 
were.  Programs  even  exist  that  can  estimate  the  phone 
bill  for  sending  your  faxes! 

As  far  as  system  requirements  go,  a  fairly  minimal 
Amiga  can  send  laxes.  Some  software  can  send  straight 

JjiqUi^uw  ^oiw    Voice 

Several  modems  provide  voice  capability  in  addi- 
tion to  data  and  fax.  These  modems  can  digitize  and 
compress  audio  from  the  phone  in  real  time.  Such 
a  compressed  data  stream  (at  19.2kbps,  for  example) 
can  be  spooled  to  disk  by  the  computer  and  played 
back  over  (he  phone,  modem  speaker,  or  computer 
speakers.  Modem  brands  that  currently  offer  voice 
models  include  Dolphin,  LineLink,  and  ZyXEL. 

Several  freely  distributable  software  packages 
exist  that  turn  such  a  modem  into  a  simple  answer- 
ing machine.  AVM,  an  Amiga  shareware  software 
package,  can  use  such  a  modem  to  create  a  fairly 
sophisticated  voice-mail  system  and  to  receive  faxes 
(using  separate  fax  software).  The  CAT  PhonePak 
also  oilers  sophisticated  voice-mail  features.  — DLU 


ascii  or  IFF  files  from  floppies  on  a  512K  Amiga.  A 
hard  drive  is  better,  though,  and  expanded  memory 
to  hold  both  the  fax  software  and  the  application  is 
necessary  for  faxing  from  an  application.  An  acceler- 
ator shouldn't  he  necessary  with  a  Class  2  fax  modem, 
though  vou  might  need  one  with  a  Class  1  modem. 

Also,  if  you  use  your  computer  to  send  faxes,  you 
may  want  to  have  a  scanner  attached  to  your  com- 
puter. In  that  way,  you  can  even  fax  hand-written  notes 
or  other  documents  not  already  in  your  computer. 

It  Is  Easier  To  Give  Than  To  Receive 

Once  you  receive  a  fax  on  your  computer,  you  can 
leave  it  stored  on  your  hard  drive  (perhaps  in  com- 
pressed form),  display  it  on  your  screen,  convert  it  to 
IFF,  or  dump  ii  to  your  printer.  Ceiling  it  into  your 
Amiga  is  the  hard  part. 

If  vou  are  going  to  set  up  your  home  or  office  to  re- 
ceive faxes,  vou  have  manv  decisions  to  make.  Do  vou 


need  a  24-hour  automatic  fax  line?  Do  you  mind  pick- 
ing up  the  ringing  phone  only  to  discover  that  the  call 
is  forvour  fax  machine?  Can  vou  justify  the  added  cost 
of  a  new  phone  line  or  distinctive  ringing  seivice?  Do 
vou  want  to  leave  a  computer  running  2-1  hours  a  day? 

The  simplest  (and  most  expensive)  thing  to  do  is  to 
have  a  dedicated  phone  line  installed.  Leave  your  com- 
puter with  fax  software  and  a  fax  modem  turned  on 
and  attached  to  that  line,  and  you  can  receive  faxes 
automatically,  24  hours  a  day.  You  just  have  to 
remember  to  kill  (he  lax  software  before  using  your 
modem  to  dial  out  to  BBSs,  and  to  start  the  fax  soft- 
ware again  when  you're  clone. 

It  is  also  possible  to  have  a  single  line  that  shares  fax 
and  data,  [f  you  have  a  BBS,  for  example,  you  can  set 
up  most  modems  and  software  to  detect  whether  a  call 
is  fax  or  data  and  to  respond  appropriately.  .And 
remember,  if  you  don't  really  need  a  dedicated  line. 
vou  can  alwavs  tell  people  to  send  laxes  to  vou  manu- 
ally by  simply  calling  ahead  first. 

You  can  also  sei  up  a  voice  line  to  receive  faxes 
automatically  24  hours  a  day.  When  you  want  some- 
thing for  nothing,  though,  receiving  faxes  is  compli- 
cated. There  are  a  couple  of  options. 

When  most  sending  fax  machines  finish  dialing,  they 
stait  sounding  a  tone  on  the  phone  line  every  few  sec- 
onds. This  is  a  CN'C  tone,  also  called  an  Auto  Fax  I  one 
or  Calling  lone.  It  alerts  any  person  or  machine  pick- 
ing up  the  incoming  call  that  a  fax  is  on  the  way.  To  take 
advantage  of  this,  you  must  have  special  hardware.  Some 
Supra  fax  modems  have  a  "silent  answer"  feature.  Wien 
a  call  conies  in.  it  is  answered  by  a  person  or  an  answer- 
ing machine  (which  you  attach  to  the  modem  rather 
than  to  ;mother  jack).  If  the  Supra  detects  CNO  tones, 
it  picks  up  the  line  (and  cuts  off  the  answering  machine); 
otherwise,  it  ignores  the  call.  Someone  detecting  an 
incoming  fax  call  just  hangs  up.  Computer  and  office- 
supplv  stores  also  sell  fax  switches  that  detect  CNG 
tones.  And  OVP's  PhonePak  works  well  lor  sharing  a 
line,  as  the  answering  machine  is  built  in. 

Finally,  most  local  phone  companies  provide  a  service 
called  Distinctive  Ringing  (it  has  other  names  in  some 
areas),  which  gives  a  single  line  two  or  more  phone 
numbers.  When  a  call  comes  in,  a  distinctive-ringing 
pattern  indicates  which  number  was  called.  Some 
modems  can  decipher  these  rings  and  respond  only 
to  certain  ones.  You  can  buy  distinctive-ring  decoder 
boxes  from  many  computer  and  office-supply  stores. 
These  connect  to  the  line  and  have  several  outputs,  one 
for  each  distinctive-ring  pattern.  By  plugging  your  fax 
into  such  a  box,  it  will  answer  only  lax  calls. 

Faxing  is  convenient  and  becoming  more  widespread 
ail  the  time.  Data/Fax  modems  are  coming  down  in 
price  and  going  up  in  speed  (28.8kbps  is  now  afford- 
able for  data  modems).  The  software  is  getting  more 
sophisticated  and  easier  to  use.  With  it.  your  .Amiga  is 
a  great  way  to  send  and  receive  liigh-iinalilv  faxes.  ■ 

DtiU'  Larson,  formerly  a  software  engineer  in  Commodore's 
Amiga  Networking  Croup,  is  now  head  oj his  men  company, 

Intangible  Assets  Manufacturing,  which  specializes  in  Ami- 
go  communications  products  and  consulting.  His  book.  Con- 
ned Your  Amiga!  A  Guide  to  the  Internet,  LANs,  BBSs 
and  Online  Services,  is  due  out  later  this  year.  Write  hint 
at  IAM,  828  Ormond  Ave.,  Drexel  Hill,  PA  19026,  or  via 
the  Internet:  dale(o  iam.com. 


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Comparative  Evaluations 
of  Popular  Amiga  Products 


MACINTOSH 
EMULATION 


A-Max  IV  vs.  Emplant 


By  Denny  Atkin 


AN  MS-DOS  MACHINE  is  essentially  so  different  from 
an  Amiga  that  to  emulate  it  you  either  have  to  suffer 
with  major  compromises  in  functionality  or  virtually 
duplicate  die  guts  of  a  PC  inside  your  Amiga's  case. 
Not  so  with  the  Macintosh,  though.  Based  on  the  same 
Motorola  (580x0  processor  series,  the  Macintosh  and 
the  Amiga  speak  the  same  basic  language,  and  only  a 
little  translation  is  needed  to  bring  the  two  computing 
worlds  together.  Compared  to  a  real  Mac  or  a  486 
system,  a  Macintosh  emulator  is  a  relatively  inexpen- 
sive way  to  run  applications  like  Quark  XPress  and 
Adobe  PhotoShop  on  your  Amiga. 

The  first  Macintosh  emulator  for  the  .Amiga  was 
Reach/Soft's  A-Max.  It  did  a  great  job  of  emulating  an 
early  black-and-white  Macintosh  Plus — too  good  a  job, 
actually,  For  it  took  over  the  Amiga  entirely  and  allowed 
you  to  run  only  monochrome  Macintosh  software. 
While  today's  version,  A-Max  IV.  enables  vou  to  run 
Mac  programs  in  full  color,  multitasking  happily  with 
your  favorite  .Amiga  applications,  it  was  not  the  first  to 
do  so.  That  honor  belongs  to  Utilities  Unlimited's 
Emplant  board,  which  not  only  brings  color  Macintosh 
emulation  to  the  Amiga,  but  also  purports  to  be  ajack- 
of-all-trades  solution  (hat  will  soon  emulate  everything 
from  an  IBM  486  to  an  Atari  800. 

Similar  in  concept,  both  products  are  designed  for 
68020-or-faster  Amigas  equipped  with  Zorro  II  slots. 
(Neither  one  is  usable  on  slotless  Amigas  like  the  A500 
and  A I  200;  the  old  A-Max  II  cartridge  is  your  only 
choice  for  those  machines.)  They  differ,  however,  in 
features,  compatibility,  price,  and  peripheral  require- 
ments. Let's  compare  the  two,  highlighting  those  dif- 


ferences with  the  hope  of  helping  you  choose  the  best 
Macintosh  emulator  for  your  needs. 


A-Max  IV 

A-MAX  IV  IS  ACTUALLY  an  upgraded  version  of  the 
A-Max  II  Plus  board,  an  emulator  that  preceded 
Emplant  to  market  by  over  a  year  but — like  the  orig- 
inal A-Max — supported  only  black-and-white  and  took 
over  the  entire  Amiga.  A-Max  IV  is  available  either  as 
a  stand-alone  product  or  as  an  upgrade  to  the  A-Max 
1 1  Plus  board,  consisting  of  a  replacement  for  one  sock- 
eted logic  chip  on  the  board,  a  new  program  disk,  and 
an  updated  manual. 

A-Max  IV  plugs  into  a  Zorro  II  or  III  slot  and 
includes  a  cable  that  attaches  to  your  floppy  drive. 
Before  plugging  in  the  board,  vou'II  need  to  install  a 
set  of  128K  Macintosh  ROMs  pulled  from  a  Mac 
5 1 2K  or  Mac  Plus.  These  are  needed  to  boot  the  Mac- 
intosh operating  system  and  should  run  you  less  than 
S150  from  mail-order  companies  (dramatically  less  if 
you  can  find  a  used  set  on  the  online  networks).  You'll 
also  need  a  copy  of  the  Macintosh  System  7.0  or  7.1  — 
I  highly  recommend  7.1 — which  you  should  be  able 
to  purchase  from  any  Apple  dealer. 

On  the  Amiga  side,  you'll  need  at  least  a  68020 
microprocessor,  a  hard  drive,  AmigaDOS  2.1  or 
later,  and  a  minimum  of  4MB  of  fast  RAM  (6MB  is 
more  reasonable,  in  view  oi  the  size  of  the  Mac 
System  7).  I  also  strongly  recommend  a  high-density 
Amiga  floppy  drive,  as  many  newer  Macintosh  appli-» 


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cations  now  ship  on  1 .44MB  floppies.  IF  you're  run- 
ning the  emulator  on  an  Amiga  2000  or  3000,  you'll 
also  need  a  graphics  card  like  the  Picasso  or  Retina 
if  you  want  to  use  more  than  16  colors  on  the  Mac- 
intosh screen. 

Peripheral  Connections 

The  back  of  the  A-Max  IV  card  sports  two  eight-pin 
mini-DIN  ports  that  act  as  Macintosh-standard  RS- 

422  serial  ports.  You  can  connect  Macintosh  modems, 
primers,  LocalTalk  networks,  and  (with  an  adapter) 
MIDI  devices  to  these  ports.  There  are  no  drivers 
included,  however.  For  using  these  ports  as  extra  Amiga 
serial  ports. 

A-Max  IV  uses  your  Amiga's  built-in  disk-drive  con- 
troller For  storage.  Whereas  earlier  versions  required 
special  drivers  For  third-party  SCSI  controllers,  A-Max 
IV  uses  the  standard  AmigaDOS  device  drivers  and 
therefore  should  work  fine  with  just  about  every 
Amiga  hard-disk  controller.  You  can  dedicate  a  par- 
tition on  an  Amiga  hard  drive  For  Macintosh  storage, 
create  a  virtual  disk  drive  that's  stored  as  a  file  on  an 
Amiga  partition  (this  is  really  too  slow  For  everyday 
hard-drive  use,  but  is  handy  for  Faking  floppy  disks), 


A-Max  IV 

ReadySoft 

S499.95 

Minimum  system:  68020,  4MB  fast 
RAM,  Workbench  2.1 ,  hard  drive. 

Recommended  system:  68030  or 
faster,  8-1  2MB  32-bit  fast  RAM,  Work- 
bench 2.04  or  later,  24-bit  video  card, 
high-density  floppy  drive. 


document  much  more  quickly  than  by  using  the  scroll 
bars  on  a  standard  480-line  screen. 

The  Macintosh  is  unique  in  that  it  supports  simulta- 
neous display  on  multiple  monitors;  A-Max  supports 
this  as  well.  IF  you  have  two  monitors  and  a  graphics 
card,  you  could.  For  example,  place  all  your  PhotoShop 
tools  on  a  last,  Four-color  screen  on  the  .Amiga  side  and 
the  picture  you're  editing  on  the  slower,  24-bit  Retina 
display  on  a  second  monitor.  You  do  not,  however,  nca\ 
a  graphics  card  or  multiple  monitors  to  take  advantage 
oF  this  feature;  instead,  you  can  open  multiple  screens 
on  the  Amiga  monitor — in  different  resolutions  and 
color  depth — and  easily  move  between  them. 

A-Max  File  Transfer  can  copy  individual  liles  or 
entire  directories  between  Amiga  and  Mac  hard  disks. 
Text  and  PostScript  options  translate  text  line  endings 
For  the  appropriate  computer,  while  the  less  useful 
MacPaint  translation  option  converts  between  Mac- 
Paint pictures  and  two-color  IFF  images.  Finally, 
MacBinarv  translation  allows  you  to  transfer  Mac  Tiles 
you've  downloaded  using  Amiga  terminal  programs 
to  the  Macintosh  side,  using  the  MacBinaiv  informa- 
tion to  make  sure  the  Mac's  information  forks  are 
retained. 

Both  A-Max  IV  and  Kmplant  can  transfer  text 
between  the  Amiga  and  Mac  sides  of  the  computer 
using  the  system  clipboard,  just  make  sure  that  the 
Finder  is  the  active  program  on  the  Mac  side,  and  you 
can  copy  and  paste  between  your  Macintosh  software 
and  any  Amiga  programs  that  use  the  standard  system 
clipboard.  Note  that  this  capability  works  only  for  text; 
graphics  and  other  data  can't  be  transferred  via  the 
clipboard. 

Both  products  support  Apple Talk'I.ocal  Talk  serial 
networking,  but  A-Max  IV  has  the  advantage  of  also 
supporting  Ethernet  through  Commodore  A2065- 
compadble  SANA  II  networking  cards. 


Emplant 


or  plug  a  real  Macintosh  hard  drive  into  your  Amiga's 
SCSI  controller.  (A-Max  IV  supports  CD-ROM  drives 
as  well.) 

You  can  read  Macintosh  high-density  disks  directly 
while  running  the  emulation.  A-Max  TV  won't  read  the 
old  Macintosh  800K  low-density  format  directly,  but 
the  included  Disk  Transfer  program  will  copy  the  disks 
into  a  file  that  can  be  mounted  as  a  Fake  disk  while 
you're  running  the  emulation.  While  this  isn't  as  con- 
venient as  being  able  to  read  the  disks  directly,  it  heats 
Kmplant,  which  requires  additional  hardware  to  read 
low-density  disks. 

Screen  Display 

You  can  display  Macintosh  video  on  an)'  screen  mode 
supported  by  the  graphics  chips  in  your  Amiga — up 
to  800x600  in  256  colors  on  the  Amiga  4000.  You  can 
get  24-bit  displays  or  higher  resolutions  using  an  add- 
on video  card;  A-Max  IV  supports  the  Picasso  II, 
Retina,  and  GI'xBase  cards.  A  unique  Feature  is  the 
ability  to  open  large,  scrollable  virtual  screens.  To 
run  QuarkXpress,  I  regularly  use  a  720x102  1-pixel 
screen  that  lets  me  scroll  to  the  bottom  of  a  full-page 


AS  MEN TIONED  ABOVE,  Emplant  is  marketed  as 

more  than  just  a  Macintosh  emulator.  By  the  time  you 
read  this.  Utilities  Unlimited  hopes  to  have  shipped 
its  S100  486  emulator  add-on  for  the  board — a  soft- 
ware and  logic  upgrade  that  will  let  an  T.mplant- 
equipped  Amiga  run  MS-DOS,  Windows,  and  OS/2. 
Further  down  the  line,  UU  has  promised  emulators 
for  older  computers  such  as  the  Commodore  64  and 
128,  Atari  800,  and  Apple  II-  For  the  purposes  of  this 
comparison,  though,  we'll  just  look  at  the  Macintosh 
emulation. 

Like  A-Max  IV,  Emplant  is  a  Zorro  II  card.  The 
system  requirements  are  similar:  at  least  a  68020 
processor,  AmigaDOS  2.04,  4MB  offast  RAM.  a  hard 
drive,  and  an  open  expansion  slot.  You'll  also  need  a 
copy  of  Mac  System  7.1  and  a  250K.  ROM  chip  From  a 
Macintosh  II,  Ilx,  or  Hex.  Originally,  these  chips  were 
very  expensive — S250  and  up — but  UU  recently  added 
support  For  first-generation  Mac  II  ROMs  without 
high-density  floppy-drive  support  (Emplant  adds  its 
own  support  For  these  drives);  these  ROMs  can  be 
Found  For  well  under  S100. 

Hie  board  is  available  in  Four  models:  Basic,  which 
includes  just  the  emulation  hardware;  Option  A.  which 
adds  two  eight-pin.  RS-422  Mac  serial  ports;  Option 


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li.  which  adds  a  Macintosh-compatible  SC-SI  controller; 
and  Deluxe,  which  includes  both  serial  and  SCSI  sup- 
port. The  extra  options  enhance  the  Amiga  side,  as 
well.  Drivers  are  included  for  using  the  Emplant  serial 
ports  as  extra  Amiga  serial  ports  and  lor  mounting 
AmigaDOS  devices  on  the  SCSI  controller.  Emplant 
supports  the  .Amiga  serial  and  parallel  ports  for  printer 
and  modem  connections  if  you  don't  select  the  serial 
option. 

The  SCSI  controller  doesn't  autohoot.  so  you  won't 
want  to  use  it  as  your  primary  hard-disk  controller. 
Also,  at  press  time  the  SCSI  controller  had  problems 
working  with  some  Amiga  4000s.  but  L'L"  assured  me 
this  would  be  fixed  by  the  time  yon  read  this.  As  with 
A-Max,  for  storage  Kmplant  lets  you  use  partitions  on 
Amiga  drives,  special  hard  Iilcs  on  Amiga  partitions, 
or  dedicated  Macintosh  SCSI  drives.  The  SCSI  option 
is  hardware-compatible  with  the  SCSI  controller  in  real 
Macintoshes,  so  it's  more  compatible  with  fast-moving 
multimedia  titles  than  A-Max's  Amiga  SCSI  support. 
While  Emplanl  can  read  high-density  Macintosh  disks 
without  problems,  you'll  need  to  add  a  W  AM1A 
hoard  and  a  real  Macintosh  disk  drive  to  read  low- 
density  disks. 

Superior  Video  Support 

Emplant  has  much  better  video  support  than  A-Max 
IV.  In  addition  to  Picasso  and  Retina,  Emplant  sup- 
ports the  A2410,  ECS,  Merlin,  OpalVision,  Piccolo, 

Rainbow  2  and  3,  Retina  Z3,  Visiona,  and  Vivid  video 
boards.  Video  updates  are  much  faster  than  under  A- 
Max,  and  thev  are  dramatically  more  compatible. 
Whereas  A-Max  wouldn't  run  any  of  the  games  (Sim- 
Life,  Falcon  MC,  Spectre  VR,  F-18,  and  Star  Trek: 
25th  Anniversary)  I  threw  at  it,  Emplant  had  no  trouble 
with  them  at  all.  And  while  the  above-listed  video 
boards  will  generally  speed  screen  output  and  add  24- 
bit  support,  even  Emplant'sAGA  video  was  last  enough 
to  play  most  of  these  games  without  the  use  or  one  of 
these  boards.  Like  A-Max  IV,  Emplant  supports  mul- 
tiple monitors  and  screens;  it  does  not,  however,  sup- 
port every  screen  mode,  and  it  lacks  A-Max  IV's  ability 
to  open  large,  scrolling  virtual  screens. 

File  transfer  has  been  greatly  improved  over  early 
versions.  The  latest  releases  include  the  MulliOS  file 
system,  which  lets  you  access  Macintosh  and  MS-DOS 
disks  directly  from  the  Workbench  and  CLI.  No  more 
tedious  moving  of  individual  I  lies  from  the  Amiga  to  the 
Mac  side — just  drag  and  drop.  The  current  file-transfer 
options  automatically  handle  MacBinary  and  ASCII 
translation.  A  coming  update  will  add  provisions  for 
automatic  file  conversion  upon  copying,  so  you  could, 
for  example,  automatically  convert  an  ANIM5  anima- 
tion into  QuickTime  format  as  you  copy  it. 

Emplant  falls  behind  A-Max  TV  in  only  two  areas — 
low-density  disk  support  (mentioned  above)  and 
memory  allocation.  A-Max  IV  requires  you  to  allocate 
about  2MB  of  RAM  to  the  Macintosh  side,  and  then 
dynamically  allocates  free  memory  as  programs  need 
it.  By  contrast,  with  Emplant  you  must  set  aside  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  RAM  exclusively  for  the  Mac  side  as  you 
launch  the  emulation.  UU  says  this  increases  compat- 
ibility but  it  means  you  may  have  to  shut  down  the  Mac 
side,  adjust  the  amount  of  memory  allocated,  and 
relaunch  the  emulation  if  you  need  more  RAM  on  the 
Amiga  side. 


The  Final  Score 

THERE  IS  ONE  group  of  people  for  whom  A-Max  IV 
is  the  clear'  choice — owners  of  earlier  versions  of  A- 
Max.  If  you  have  A-Max  II  Plus,  for  example,  the 
upgrade  to  the  full-color  A-Max  IV  is  very  inexpensive. 
Even  if  you  have  an  old  A-Max  cartridge,  you'll  still  get 
a  discount  on  the  A-Max  IV  purchase  and  you  can 
reuse  your  old  ROM  chips.  Also,  if  you're  primarily 
running  productivity  applications  and  working  with 
large  bitmaps  or  pages,  A-Max  IV's  virtual  screens 
might  increase  your  productivity  enough  to  make  it  the 
emulator  of  choice. 

If  you're  starting  from  scratch,  however,  Emplant 
has  enough  advantages  to  warrant  serious  considera- 
tion. Although  both  emulators  perform  at  speeds  sim- 
ilar to  those  of  a  Macintosh  with  the  same  type  of 
microprocessor  as  your  Amiga,  Emplant  has  much 
faster  video  support.  It  is  also  much  more  compatible 
with  games  and  multimedia  titles,  and  it's  quite  a  bit 
faster  in  running  math-based  programs  such  as  Excel. 

01  special  note  is  Utilities  Unlimited's  constant  and 
consistent  updating  of  the  Emplant  software.  Releases 
with  new  features  and  bug  fixes  appear  about  once  a 


Emplant 

Utilities  Unlimited 

Basic  Board,  $279.95;  Option  A 

(two  serial  ports),  S349.95; 

Option  B  (SCSI  adaptor),  $349.95; 

Deluxe   (serial  and  SCSI),  $399.95. 

Minimum  system:  68020,  4MB  fast 
RAM,  Workbench  2.04,  hard  drive. 

Recommended  system:  68030  or 
better,  8-1  2MB  32-bit  fast  RAM,  Work- 
bench 2.04  or  later,  24-bit  video  card, 
high-density  floppy  drive,  AMIA  interface 
and  Macintosh  floppy  drive. 


month.  The  earlv  bugs  and  complaints  have  all  been 
addressed,  but  developer  Jim  Drew  keeps  adding  new 
capabilities  to  the  emulation.  If  you  have  a  modem, 
the  updates  are  available  free-of-charge  from  UU's 
BBS,  and  from  the  online  networks  for  the  cost  of  a 
download.  A-Max  IV  was  upgraded  to  fix  A4000  com- 
patibility  problems,  but  no  new  versions  have 
appeared  since.  ReadySoft  oilers  telephone  technical 
support.  UU  docs  as  well,  and  it  also  offers  support 
on  GEnie,  CompuServe,  and  the  Internet,  with  the 
board's  developer  checking  in  daily  to  answer  user 
questions. 

If  you  have  an  earlier  A-Max  product,  the  A-Max  IV 
upgrade  makes  a  lot  of  sense,  and  will  perform 
admirably  for  productivity  applications.  If  you're 
starting  from  scratch,  though,  Emplant  offers  the  most 
compatible  emulation  and  the  promise  of  new  capa- 
bilities to  come.  ■ 

Denny  Atkin  is  an  associate  editor  at  OMNI  Magazine  and 
author  of  Denny  Atkin's  Best  Amiga  Tips  and  Secrets. 

Send  your  comments  and  suggestions  to  him  via  e-mail  at 
DennyAmiga&aol.com. 


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A  com  inning  series 

of  tips,  techniques, 

and  tricks  for 

creating  more 

imaginative  Amiga 

graphics. 


By  Joel  Hagen 


Display  Tips 
for  Gallery  Exhibition 


FOR  A  COMPUTER  artist,  getting 
your  work  into  a  gallery  show  can  be 
as  challenging  as  creating  it  in  the  lirst 
place.  Let's  explore  some  creative 
ideas  (perhaps  more  along  the  lines  of 
sculpture  than  print)  that  might  help 
you  break  into  exhibition.  For  the 
moment,  we'll  ignore  the  content  of 
your  computer  work  and  locus  on 
physical  display  aspects  you  can  con- 
trol as  an  artist  to  create  an  effective 
gallery  exhibition. 

Composing  Your  Components 

The  first  and  simplest  thing  you  can 
do  to  dress  up  a  gallery  display  is  to 
feature  the  computer  itself  as  an  art 
object.  Place  it  on  a  clean,  painted 
pedestal  as  though  it  were  sculpture. 
On  the  other  hand,  you  could  conceal 
the  CPU  inside  a  pedestal,  and  then 
showcase  the  active  monitor  on  top.  In 
either  case,  cables  can  feed  through  a 
hole  in  the  pedestal  to  the  computer. 
One  or  more  pedestaled  monitors 
arranged  like  this  in  a  gallery  setting 
can  have  a  powerful  effect  on  the 
senses  if  the  lighting  is  well  handled. 
I  have  found  it  best  to  have  very  low 
ambient  light  in  the  area  and  use 
tight,  soft  spots  aimed  from  the  ceiling 
to  fall  on  the  top  rear  of  each  stand. 
This  avoids  having  any  light  strike  the 
monitor  face  and  preserves  a  brilliant 
screen  while  giving  presence  and  focus 
to  each  display. 

The  trick  to  all  of  this  is  to  think  at 
three  levels.  First,  plan  the  artistic 
content  of  what  the  computer  is  show- 
ing the  audience.  Second,  and  just  as 
important,  think  of  an  effective  dis- 
play of  the  computer  itself  as  an  ob- 
ject of  interest  just  as  though  vou  were 
arranging  a  group  of  "ready-mades" 
for  exhibition.  Instead  of  soap  boxes 
or  basketballs,  you  are  displaying 
monitors.  Third,  think  of  the  entire 
gallery  space — the  layout  of  the  room, 
how  you  want  traffic  to  flow  through 
the  exhibit,  the  lighting,  the  music, 
and  all  the  other  details.  It  is  the 
composition  of  the  room  itself  that 
will  hit  the  viewer  first  and  set  the 
initial  impression. 


Beyond  these  gallery  fundamentals, 
there  is  a  lot  you  can  do  with  the 
monitor  itself.   I  he  Amiga  lias  always 
been  "video-friendly,"  and  with  a  little 
imagination  vou  can  capitalize  on  that 
for-  sculptural  displays.  Instead  of  a 
standard  monitor,  think  about  run- 
ning the  display  through  a  television 
set.   I  lie  trend  in  displaying  computer 
graphics  is  to  always  seek  bigger, 
brighter,  higher-resolution  true-color 
displays.  However,  think  instead  of 
trying  a  choppier,  low-resolution 
display  for  some  projects.  Vintage 
black-and-white  TV  sets  picked  up  at 
thrift  Mori's  or  yard  sales  for  a  few 
dollars  can  be  a  real  novelty  in  a 
genre  where  the  audience  expects  the 
latest  technology. 

Of  course,  not  every  project  lends 
itself  to  lo-lech  display,  hut  consider  it 
an  option.  Most  Amigas  have  at  least  a 
black-and-white  AV  plug  in  the  back 
from  which  you  can  play  a  video  signal 
into  any  TV  with  AV  inputs.  For  older 
I Y  sets  (or  newel'  Amigas  with  no 
video  output)  try  the  trusty  A520  video 
adapter  to  Iced  video  and  audio 
straight  into  any  TV  through  the  an- 
tenna input.  L'sing  the  A520,  you  can 
add  an  inexpensive  video  splitter  to 
run  multiple  sets  from  the  same  video 
source.  This  opens  Lip  the  possibility  of 
arranging  a  cluster  of  interesting  old 
'FY  sets  lining  in  different  directions 
for  display.  Thai  arrangement  can 
become  quite  sculptural. 

The  Rage:  2-Bit  Encrusted 
Display  Devices 

For  an  even  more  interesting  look, 
try  building  a  displav  device.  The 
accompanying  illustration  shows  a 
viewer  I  made  for  a  recent  exhibition. 
You  don't  have  to  be  Mr.  Wizard  to 
build  such  a  contraption.  Most  of 
what  you  see  is  nonfunctional.  I 
bought  a  small  $50  TV  set  at  the  local 


J-/  November  IW-l 


How  you  physically  present  your  computer  art  can  be  as  important  as  its  content 
when  it  comes  to  getting  exhibited— so  save  some  creativity  for  your  displays! 


drugstore  and  encased  it  in  old  elec- 
tronic junk  from  my  scrap  bins.  On 
the  4-iucli  screen,  16-color  grayscale 
images  are  crisp  and  sharp.  Because 
of  this,  there  is  low  storage  overhead 
for  pictures  and  animations.  Impres- 
sive presentations  can  be  run  from 
even  a  single  floppy. 

To  build  something  like  this,  use  a 
hot-glue  gun  (available  at  any  hard- 
ware store)  and  encrust  any  little  TV 
set  with  old  radio  parts,  circuit  boards, 
model  kits,  wires,  and  so  on.  I  pro- 
tected part  of  the  TV  screen  with 
masking  tape  and  spray  painted  the 
set  to  blend  it  in  with  the  rusty  radio 
tubes.  If  you  have  any  skill  with  elec- 
tronics, it  is  easy  to  add  a  few  LFJDs 
here  and  there  that  run  from  the  same 
power  source  as  the  TV.  These  spots  of 
light  make  the  fake  components  seem 
functional.  Be  very  cautious,  however, 
about  exploring  any  old  electrical 
devices,  as  there  can  be  dangerous 
voltage  lurking  in  some  components 
even  if  no  power  is  present. 

The  viewer  you  see  in  the  illustration 
\vas  part  of  an  assemblage  sculpture 
that  included  old  books,  my  ceramic 
skulls  of  alien  creatures,  dusty  chemical 
bottles,  star  charts,  and  so  forth.  The 
concept  of  making  the  computer  pan 
of  a  larger  sculptural  context  can  be 
visually  powerful  and  may  open  gallery 
doors  more  easily  than  a  simple  display 
of  a  few  computers  and  monitors.  If 
you  use  your  imagination,  there  are 
hundreds  of  ways  you  can  disguise  a 
IV  set  or  computer  monitor  to  look 
like  something  far  more  interesting. 

Projections,  Reflections,  and 
Other  Neat  Illusions 

Video  projectors  ofTer  other  possibili- 
ties. You  can  rig  them  for  rear  projec- 
tion to  get  a  huge  display  that  can 
itself  be  integrated  into  a  larger  con- 
text. You  can  use  combinations  of 
mirrors  to  "pipe"  a  projected  video 
image  through  a  sculpture  for  an 
added  illusion  of  depth  at  the  final 


No,  this  is  not  an  Amiga  9000  monitor,  but  rather  a  small  TV  set  disguised  with  old 
electronic  components.  Using  an  A520  video  adaptor,  the  author  has  made  It  the 
display  device  (or  an  Amiga  4000  concealed  in  the  base  of  an  assemblage  sculpture. 


point  of  view.  For  example,  project 
the  display  sideways  behind  the  length 
of  a  display,  then  reflect  it  up  and  out 
to  a  rear  projection  surface  for  the 
audience.  You  can  also  project  images 
onto  a  three-dimensional  surface  or 
even  a  moving  object  for  interesting 
effects. 

Speaking  of  mirrors  and  reflections, 
you  can  create  interesting  displays  by 
having  a  monitor  facing  up  from  floor 
level,  hidden  from  the  viewer.  Its  im- 
age can  be  reflected  to  the  viewer  from 
an  angled  piece  of  glass  incorporated 
into  the  display.  The  advantage  of 
glass  over  a  mirror  is  that  a  person  can 
also  see  other  display  elements  that  lie 
directly  behind  the  angled  glass.  Care- 
ful lighting  and  placement  of  the  two 
displays  can  create  some  intriguing 
illusions  in  which  reflected  elements 
seem  to  float  in  space  over  the  second 
display.  One  of  the  monitors  can  even 
displav  live  a  video  feed  from  a  camera 


trained  on  the  spot  where  a  person 
must  stand  to  view  the  exhibit.  This 
can  add  immediacy  to  a  sculpture  and 

remove  some  of  the  distance  we  often 
associate  with  computer  art. 

The  possibilities  for  interesting  dis- 
plays are  endless  once  you  break  away 
from  thinking  only  about  what  is  seen 
on  the  monitor  and  think  instead 
about  the  overall  physical  exhibition.  ■ 

Joel  Hagen  's  credits  include  work  in  art, 
astronomy,  science  fiction,  and  software 
development.  Write  to  him  at  10512 
Sawyer,  Oahdale,  CA  95361.  Please 
include  a  stamped,  self-addressed  envelope 
for  a  reply. 


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Requies  1MB  chip  RAM  tor  PAL  node 
FD99;  The  Shepherd 
dene  ..great  graphics  anO  sound  t 
FD9SABC:  Klondike  AGA  ■  Bd  t 
AGA  graphics!  Runs  rt  muBl 
FD97:         Boname  BtfA 

Tanfn'Snjt-se*t  ar»d  Qesrroj  k 
M»  eStones-piay   Milt*   Bourn 
Gz-az'.z.Z-a  gi!ji  i"  type  ga—e 
FD96:  Telils  Duel  AGA  -   Tie  -sit  g^-staSion  TetrMki  rUty- 
ers  can  p:ay  head  lo  head  and  sabotage  each  other1  G'elL 
graphics    for    AGA    machi 
DD93:   Magic  Uier  IntirtBC*  Grea^ 
Auto  SciQertWindOrt'Font  seisu 
OD92:    Developer  Cor.iii.nis  the  olficial  Comnwdore  develop- 
erK  W:s  to'  ihe  AmigjiGuide  and  Commoaore  tnetall  Ulilftfis 
must  have  tor  an  sb^ous  de\ 


Fun  Disks  / 


r"D7:  Pacrtian  -  Ihffl  d  5'  COttfaiBS  StNoai  pacrnan  lype 
ga-ives  nciud  ng  PacMa"!&7,  MazeWan  and  ZOflia, 
FD1 1 :  Lsi  Vegas  and  Card  Games  -  Las  Vegas  Craps  -  The 
best  Las  Vegas  Craps  simulator)  e-rery  written  lar  an»  cam- 
puter  Contains  extensive  HELP  features.  Alsm  Tnny- 
One.VideoPckef  and  nWe 

F012AB:  Star  Tiekh  The  Game  This  <s  0/  tar  me  ben  Slar 
Trek  game  ever  written  tar  any  cdmpuler.  II  tea'ureS  mouse 
coirrol.  gnod  QiBphfcS,  d  g  (tied  sound  elects  and  great  game- 
play.  Counts  as  2  d-Sks.  Refj    1Mb  and  two  d-i^es  |or  rid). 


FD20:  Tactical  Garni 
correal  oet**e"  'wo  0 

beg  n  lo  g  .-c  yi_  l'-v  fyei  C'( 
Sr^ii.n —g.  earUi  st-ak.ng  o 
FD33:  Arcade  Gemes  - 
game,  Gerhil?  a  targe!  praclid 
interpretation  0'  Pipe  Ogams,  " 
Weuokta  a  worioertul  version  0 
FD3fl:  Gamea  ■  Cnbande  MatWfl 
UBlir,   Spatfes  -  a  well  done  card  I 
computer  version  of  Ehis  clastic   Puiz  ■ 
gene  and  construction  sei 


WB1Q5AB:  Workbench  2+  Extras  #2 

I-  i  ■,'■'  conM  n$  ih*  progs 
■nc'-jOMj  »».rh  WB2*.    These  pow&rrui  i 
advanuqe  or  t*  many  m      ~ 
""   kfierttftz*.  tnductes:   i «n  manager  • 
add  programs  to  yflor  TO"" 
n  •     Peflfeder.  Icon  -  Entiar 


i.  Bitmap  Forn  Editor.  Screen  rj.i 
ils  And  splmeie  and  swarming  Pe*si    Requcniur 


GUARANTEE  -  We  believe  so  strongly  in 
our  product  that  we  offer  a  full  lifetime,  com 
pleie  satisfaction  guarantee.  No  questions 
asked. 


F039AfiB:  Star  Tiek.  The  New  Generation      Tn  s  fs  j  corr- 

s'eiey  ditfereni  version  at  Star  Trek  nan  that  haund  on  FD12 
Ti  |    paj    was   created   ay    she   German   author    Tobias 

EKCPHen:'11  Counts  as  two  a.i.ki  Req-jTss  51 2k 
FP50:  guhmaiine  Game  ■  Scalane*,  one  and  a  halt  years  in 

the  making,  tns  is  an  outstanding  submarine  tactical  game. 
Cn-n-rr-prc  t\\  -,5  :,■   h'ghly  *ecarnrr--|jnded 

~Thb  Amig.\  World ''Brsf-ClF'' Set- 

FD85ABCO:  AmigaWorld's  Seal  -  Ttieso  tour  disks  con- 
tain the  norfesj:  pa  games1  Includes  Molhtr  Lod*.  Mona, 
Mraftetd.  Poing,  Intruder  Alen,  Du'w.n  PacMan,  Rocky  and 
Super  Aniltery  (£&&  Dae.  '92  AsDiDaWorid:)   Four  disk  set. 

FQS7:  Arcade  Games  -  includes  2  tryiy  corrT^-;  ;,  c^a  .. 
gamtfl,  UegaBa.li.  an  Ai-kanoid'Sh  jan-e.  leaiuies  S  nusida.! 
■—.'-■-;  ~--  3a:  k  "g  7:^-;  i>     :■.--..  :.  ■'■■'■.;■    i  -  csychaoe'- 

c  ;->n  ■--;;.„£-  w:era  -'•>-'-—  acmj— =n:-  c"e-e-- 
FD59 :  Game  Potpourri  -  Xeron  III  is  fin  almost  exact  clone  ot 
me  cprrmerc>a  game  gt  the  same  name  a  great  shociemup 
Crossword  A-ii  take  lists  ol  words  ft  automatical^  generate 
word- search  puiiies  t&r  any  Epson  campaiiDle  printer. 
fDfll :  Games  ■  Solitaire,  great  graphics,  plays  two  versions. 
Wide;  an  interesting  piece  o!  eye  candy  Eur  erne  Violence;  2 
player  kill  or  be  hired  game.  YATC:  A  Tctr  s  clone  w;ih  Artifical 
intelligence.  Genesis;  create  realistic  3d  fractal  worlds.. 
FD62:  PomPom  Gunner.  An  extreme^  smooth  and  well  dona 
World  War  II  gunner  simulation  Req  1  megao^te  ot  rr-emcry. 
FDET:  ttfcnA*  ■  Inclydas  LtamaTjon  a  well-done  Robrjtron' 
done  Haie  is  a  'terrific'  Za»*on  clone  with  multipse 
l«va)i  wonds  and  smooth  dagonai  scro[img...a  1 0h 
F0S9:  MlndGamea  ■  Had  enough  ot  stioatem  uo  gan-es'3 
Relai  and  let  '.nese  21  games  eiecciie  vour  mind  instead  ol 
..  _■  .■■■    ■ 

FD73!  Arcide  S*rl#«  -  IniruOer  Aleri1  is  a  MULTI-lewel 
'Berserk'  ctone.  Features  smoon  gamepay.  great  graohics  & 
dtjrtj&a  souno  t  ■. 

FD?-t:   Arcade  Series  -  RingWar  a  an  "Ouier  Limits'  done 
with  vectorized  graphics,    MotherLode  ls  a  "Lode  Runner' 
clono  wth  50  levels?   In  BlitzTanksr  they  re  coming  ar  you  from 
Bl  directions!1  Call  in  gir  sinkes  and  use  your  heavy  arvilery 
survive' 
FD75:   Arcade  Series  -  Descender  IS 

,-:    ,  !..  .;  :■  -■    "ii.'-'Xi-;,-      .:i^-,,c 
Tans  is  the  dssS'C  battle 


WB9:  Icpnt  Truly  a  mul'llude  Ol"  various  types  and  KftldJI 
Also  includes  icoflMeste*.  KonLao.  ana  osners  g/eot  uUHtf  to 

'  Ho  grri.",ili,'  i.ii'i'. 

W912;  Disk  Utilities  -  Th:S  greal  c  s-  is  loaded  with  wonderlul 
utilities  tor  every;h'rg  including  making  disk  labels.,  d.sk  eala- 
bging.  oisk  opiiiMnrg,  disk  and  (lie  recovery  archive  anO  orga- 
nizing:, and  all  sorts  ot  lite  manipulation!  A  must  have! 
WS13AB:  Printer  Drivers  and  Generalo*  -  over  70  drrietefil 
drivers  (indufl  rg  MP  LaserJet  3  3  4i).  also  includes  a  pnnter- 
driver  ge-re^ato;  T*-3  o.s^  a?:  cou-rs  as  rwa 
WB15:  Bu»lnt«(  -  Tnu  015k  contains,  a  spreaosheei.  a 
detatMM'.  a  project  lime  management  program  and  irmneiaJ 
anaiyssistocks) 

W618;  Word  Tent  Proceuon  -  This  d-sk  eontams  ai#  best 
ftditors  indudes.TeiiiPius  iv2.2ei  a  lull  leaiured  word  precs#> 
5cr.  Dme(v1.35)  a  great  programmers  eotcr  wth  Strang  macro 
features  TuiED<v2  fll  an  enhanced  Emacs  type  editor,  and  a 
spell  enactor, 

WB22-  Fon|»  t3  ■  Severg:  mpfe  grgat  tnnts.  These,  like  |ha 
oiher  (oni  disks  work  great  with  Dpain;  and  WVSIWVG  word 
processors 

WB23:  Graphics  end  Ploltlng  -  Plot,  a  3-D  mathamalical 
function  potter.  Can  plo:  ary  user  deiir-ed  lunciion,  Be^SuH!  - 
produce  awesome  pictures  Ot  objects,  one  eouia  !uin  nn  a 
lathe.  Can  a«o  map  IFF  image  fcies  onto  any  surtace  Ml  1  cm 
oraw  Now  compatpJe  win  mosi  3D  packages,  and  VSceen  - 
make*  a  virtual  Screen  anywhere. 

WE25:  Educational  -  On  t'u  c  sk  are  two  programs  that  can 
generate  maps  ol  dittenng  r/pes.  Wore  Da:a  Base  uses  the 
CIAs  data  Dase  :a  gene'ate  dera-'ec  maps  ot  any  emered  user 
global  coordinates  A!so  Parado*  a  great  demonstration  of 
Aloert  Einsiein  General  Theory  o(  Fte?atwiry. 
WB.27:  hagel  -  :c  =^t--«  Magel  pici^fes  C  oeaut  'J  women 


Special  Product  •Nlw  Release!! 

QT3:  The  A64  Package  Version  3  -  A  very 
complete  Commodore  64  emulator. 
Supports  any  CPU  and  is  fully  compatible 
with  WBI.  3  8.  2.  Q  and  now  3D'  This  ver- 
sion includes  a  special  adaptor  that  will 
atlow  you  to  connect  your  S4's  1541  dis3< 
drive  to  your  parailei  port  of  your  Amiga  for 
total  emulation.  All  new  transfer  software 
Special    price    $59.95    -with    hardware. 


WBParCircutr  Board.  Design  -  several  ie*ntc  roubnes  (or  in« 

electronic  enihusiast.  Including  PCBlool  ■  a  circuit  board 
design  tan'.  iogicLab  -  circuit  logic  tester,  and  Mead  (1.2fi)  n 
well  done  new  release  ol  this  PD  CAD  program  now  comes 
With  prudrawn  common  cirouit  compan&ms   far  msertian  into 

schemalics. 

WB35:  3D  Graphics  -  TNs  disk  contains  3Fonts  -  FuH  vector 
<C?nt  i-.-t  for  use  with  3d  programs.  FontMaker  -  make  3d  lonls 
from  any  system  Com.  Make3DShape  -  creaie  3ci  shapes  tram 
any  *mage  DumprolFF  -  create  3d  animations  preserves  pal- 
let, WOrtcOd  ■  a  demo  ol  a  from  end  hy  use  witn  DKBRenoer. 
WB36:  OrepniCS  Ol  this  ds-;  are  sevWat  pfogrem*  U  create 
Stunning  graphical  images  Inducing,  MParfi  -  creates  swirling 
gatixy  wnagm.  Ftpf«f  -  proctuce  an  unemrlad  nymbe/  pi  van*- 
!ions  ol  images  met  a  symrrietncauy  jjmitar »  a  rose.  &mGen  • 
display  those  spectacular  mages  as  pan  ct  you'  wo'NC">ncn 
ana  Ray&h&oe  -  a  very  good  rayiraong  program,  croau  your 
own  oeauiifut  3d  graphic  models  wnn  Wr  Q^u1 
.VB37:  Educallc-nal  -  tO^fUjajaJfcr.r^-:^  and  pf 
lg~.  and  cooks 


-  in  the  Arctc  Ice.  yo-j  cor 

i  this  superbly  crated 

1  D«it,i:e  Faekia; 

l  cusra 
z  oavna  ol  conci  "'■ 

The  Krcngest  payrg  C1^ 
Spfrioc     Req  66033 
9>AGA(reg  am 

^^woai  qi 


in»4  -  Surnu  of  irie  bust  cames-Donhey  Kong 
Id  bti'Mr  tnan  ttie  cng  nai  mfh  .in  ttntr.i  tovwJt  Frnn!;c  Freddie 
and  TrallQlazer  are  noin  Ins^aud  arcade  games  Mad 
Bomb^'  is  |ha  classjC^uaw^^HRixini"  rod  en  e  wiih  an  Am.ga 

flare 

FD82:  Inl 
sion  lo 
FDB4;    G: 
20-  mazes 

:-  -,  z.---.--  : 
ru^fy  prawn  H 
FDBG:  UOhp 
able  tpr  the  A 
RAM  or  more 
FD67:  OXVO* 

MadAes.fi  in  m--  M/ays.  but  ,1  ows  two  computers  to  link  5  pJay 
togntrp;    sea  i  op  many  Ot  l.t>j  ?GC    i^dic.iueS  yCu  can  com- 
plela  witiaul  ha/ingtogotlhuhinlbdOki 
FD68:  AmyBouldaidBSh  -  a  clor-c  ot  ■-.c-  onninal  c!assic 
exiiemely  well  done  complain  win  level  editor.  S  complete  seti 
ot  levels  and  a  level  Bettor.      Requires  Workbench  2 
FDB9:  Kastle  Kumquat     A  ftPTOagTO  eiierte' 
■engng  mare  aGvGr.lnre  gjakaV^pBliBB^r/d'.racPWid  grsp1 
■CS    ReosiMBChp 
I!  Ccnqu-t si  a 
■one 
FWi:  Popeye 

'  tyle  With  t^hi":ecB'aptne-     Ri-q  *M3  Bp  RAM  fc 

Btastem    c^SkkuScO'Cied  TinjafcunK  ParFS 

istic  weapons  o^'ips  &  'great'  njaflcs.  Gaiadc 

Space    h-.ac\s.   garnwaaJppPeiBlf    Arnga-tifed 

UpdppMiP^ck  ycur  sockftofif  THE  best  pd  game  far 
Aitilga.  Req.sWB^-  &  1MB  RAM  Show  ofl  that  AGA1 
:  Scorched  Tanks -completely  updated  and  cdnTpaible 
withAGA-3  01  SO  differenl  ways  to  Slow  each  other  away  An 
outstanding  game  of  angles,  irnjecionoi  &  unique  arsenals1 
FD95:  Deluxe  Gataga  -  Vou  snoulO  0«  oaymg  JWfJ  bucks  for 
this  one1      Al  kinds  ot  powet-ups  and  lUry  smooth  motion 


.  Mors-  Holflays.mus-c.  med- 
drnbe 
;   Graphics  -  Rajt-scr^g  programs  generate  absolute !y 

s*u»"-ng  rea1  -.:  c  o-o-'^c  a'a-ie?.  rockais.  P^-'drngs  ,.  and  sur- 
*eal  images  C-'  ight  is  the  most  powerful  EASY-TC-USE  cl 
t's  kirse  we  have  Seen  to  date.  This,  is  easily  CeTter.  jnd  more 
U  iMtirrtd,  than  similar  commercial  programs  costing  nn  The 


hundreds  of  dollars. 
liller_SirniinT   |p    ProVI 

wipes,  special 

:.  v   Pilnllng  •  This 

the  chore  of  printing! 

pr twine  PD1  PrmtSti 

■utiilv  wilh  a  very 

adVarrM  feaiures. 


a  rutl  featured  voeo  i»xt 
Broadcast   Tiller.    Gruat   video 

end  more. 

contains  several  routines  to  help 

ludes  Goin^c  -  Finally  a  Banner 

-a  «£!■  implemented  all-purpose 

ioie  graou  inlerlace  and 

Z  I '  -.-s  :;  a 


HI  -  a  fy'i  *eat^'eo  osk  cop^r, 

of  copy  prttected  disks.  RoadRoute  -  fno  the 

rout*  mjm  one  cty  to  another,  highway  description 

tnctuded  Diary  -  a  diary  program  Ine  "Dcugy  Houser  M  0'  Cal 

-  a  calendar  program.  Magman  -  a  database  tai'oiec  lor  arli- 


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animatiorts  Including  Coyoi«.  Juggleill.  GhostPool.  4 
Mechanw    2  osus.  counts  as  i . 

WB93:  Workbench  t.3  Fib-M  «  Contains  ihe  utlitios  that 
Commodore  should  have  shipped  wnti  me  Am>ga:  VirusM.o. 
Snap.  Fi.ji.0isk  {recover  cortupt  de'eleC  liles).  Disk  Optimizer 
(Itoppy  &  naid],  Macrtlll  (screen  blanker  hotkey,  nlou$e  accel.. 
macro,  ctoc*  utflhyj,  GOMF  la  guruouslei)and  PnmSludio 
WB95:  Checkbook  Accountant  2.1  -  Oetiniiety  commercial 
grade;  we've  seen  many  checkbook  programs  and  tnis  is  she 
besL  FlUI  budgetrng,  tranjacbdn  recording  &  report  generaton 
WB9S:  Dupers  -  Contains  Xcopylll  &.  N.b  which  will  backup 
•:~ ,  ■-[-.:■  :  ■.-:■..-  •'-■  ■.:'--,  rt  TOW  DDp)  ::■;■-"  EMI 
lipn  severa:  prpgranu,  and  SuperDuper  w.H  crank-ojt  last 

A        :  (""  '■■■:■■.; 

WB10!-  Tela*  ommun  leal  ion  ■  ■  Cor.tars  rhe  programs 
NComm  2.0  and  VTiOC  MB    Zmooem  proiocots.  KPR  proto- 

■._..;._::  : .  .- : '  ■  ■-  n  n  ■;  lof-ii  *  scno;  language  ■ 
sa  powerlu!  il  can  create  a  (ull-teatured  BBS  System 
WB106:  Home  Manager  -  This  is  a  o/eal  alt-m-one  address 
book  with  ar  autodialei.-'nolepad'to-ao  I  st,'aopointmeni  scned- 
uler'home  inventory  database  and  phone  number  dialer. 
WB109:  VerseWlse  -  Display,  search  and  print  The  New 
Testament. 

WB113:  Sid  II  -  Why  pay  40  bucks  lor  a  directory  utility,  when 
Beat  one  wi  Jo  it  all  pl.ui  much  morel  A  truly  profess  icnai-ca  I - 
iber  program  S-d  t  was  our  pen.  no™  comewjfety  rewnrteni. 
Sid2  wii  astound  you 

WBI  I*:  Font*  M  ■  Corlami  36  b.lmap  system  fonli 
WBt  1 6:  Databases  -  This  s  what  you've  been  waiting  tor1- 
ConTains  5  lt  q„cy  T.pt-c  ,i  ;.-«:  oataoase  progian;  far  track- 
mg:  Videotapes  CD's.  Maganne  Articles.  Comic  Books  and 
Trading  Cares? 

WB120:  Grinder  -  a  complete  graphics  cerrvefsian  package 
ihat  supports  GIFs.  JPeg.  Noochrome,  Degas.  PCX.  Targa. 
TIFF.  HAM-Earo  IFF  formal  pciures.  Anirtvaluabfatool  foraH 
defiktop-vidiogra  prions         and         desktop         publisheifi. 


WBite:  Amiga  Beginner  -  raj  tunm  tor  hi  AOtHnpwa 
tutorial  lar  the  beg  n*ier  on  using  lb*  Arroga.  Starts,  you  off 
a!  the  power- swrtch  and  takes  you  through  to  the  CU  ti-".- 1 
and  all  points  in  beiwoen    Bona'  Alto  >nciuded  at  IB- 


WB12I :  ProPageSJ  Enhancer  -  This  disk  conta-ns  o-/er  40 
'Ger.&s"  far  use  wpT^  PioPage  3-.  ^-cLirg  ^se^ul  a-*s  like 
Mate  °^  C^at  a^o  Fesie  Te«t  to  f :  Bor  ;p  parBd  a  few  Atso 
nc-jdes  st'uc:^*ed  -i  ci^id  c  oh<  'ar  ^.qLebcraers  .a  musr 

WB122:  System  Optlmliar  ■  KCommodity  enltarces  your 
system,  gives  memory  metets.  mauie> keyboard  enhance- 
ments, online  timers  plus  many  others  .too  numerous  to  lisli 
REorg  win  opumiie  hard  and  floppy-disks  lor  a  big  speed 
increase.  HDMem  ■*■  i  allow  you  to  use  up  ip  2  megs  o!  hard- 
dnve  space  tor  virtual  memoiyf  [Req  63020*  wrMMU)  A" 
programs  require  2.QV 

WB123AB:  Flags  ol  the  World  -  same  as  WB124.  but  lor 
Workbench  1,3.  Req  1MB  2  disk  set.  counts  as  two. 
W8124;  Flags  ot  Ihe  World  Two  modes,  ct'ek  and  learn  c 
a  game  to  test  your  knowledge.  Greal  giaahics-lantaslic 
learning  tool.  Has  current  Mussia  &  Yugos^va  repubics 
Req.  Wonbench2  0t  t  1MB  RAM 

WS127;  Blanker*  -  Ove'  ?g  *«erem  screen  trjlarikers  Most 
run  on  Wonoench  i  34  a  lew  require  20* 
WB12S:  ColorFoni*  *  conums  12  cokv  bitmap  fonts  lor  use 
wth  DPan-  or  any  software  thai  supports  CaForFonts 
WB129:  Super  Virus  Killer  Fru^  Site  Hej-  Intl.  who  cata- 
logs and  kills  Amiga  Viruses  urarjthnde-a  complete  virus  sys- 
tem mat  knows  all  Amiga  viruses  updated  otten.  Pet]  WR  7  - 
WB130:  TpolMangtr  t  ■  The  ultimate  tool  manager  tor  your 
Workbench.  Add  animated  icons,  sound  effects  and  'cocks'  of 
programs  to  your  WB  very  uselull  Req  2.0- and  ha'fl  drive 
ft :  Magic  Workbench  Make  your  2.QJ+  Workbench 
mih  style  with  these  8-color  dithered  icons  Easy  auto- 
instatls  m  minutes  Req's  WB204-  and  hard  drive 
W0132:  Canon  Sludlo  Version  2  -  Special  printer 
P'eterences  editor  and  divers  for  BX  6OT.  Ago  &  630.  LBP, 
Ai  A2.  BJC  800  BJ  5.  tt>.  20.  200.  230.  SCO.  1 30 
W&133:  Panasonic  Studio  -  Specai  pnnter  Prefererces  ed- 
tcr  and  cbtWI  syslem  fo-  a  I  Panascnc  9  S  24-pSQ  pnnters. 
WB134:  3.0  AGA  Blanker  SirrBanker  for  WB3.0-  14  dtl- 
rarer.t  blan*.eis  to  really  Show  oft  your  AGA  machine1 
WB135:  3.-0  E*tra*  «1  ■  13.  ■utilities  for  WB  30.  Several  muat- 
naves  for  getting  the  most  out  pt  your  new  graphics,  modes' 
WBI37:  The  ARexx  Quid*  Full  ArmgaGuide  rjkw.)  ■documer-l 
la  leach  ycu  AFlrix>:"  Tio-liiled  with  easy  K-referencmgl 
WBI33:  3,0  Extras  §2  •  Another  disk  chocked!  lu'.l  at  utilities  IP 
unleash  the  power  ol  Workbench  3,0  and  AGA'1 
WB139:  MIDI  Performance  Manager  Utllily  :o  manage  a 
MIDI  synthesner  ano  other  MIDI  equipment    Requires  WB  3^. 


Dev  Djsks/ 


tie*  and  p'jb 
WB57;  Anlmailon 
Inciuamg,  BJittet.  lo 


Req; 


1MB    CWp     RA 


■  Fat     Agnj! 


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From  p.  9. 

them  out.  Save  for  the  A4000  and  a  lim- 
ited number  of  A3000s,  Amigas  were 
equipped  with  low-density  disk  drives.  If 
you  could  plug  a  high-density  drive  into 
your  older  Amiga,  it  would  greatly  in- 
crease its  capabilities. 

Since  a  high-density  drive  can  read 
and  write  to  both  low-  and  high-density 
disks,  you  can  pop  any  Amiga-formatted 
floppy  into  it  without  a  second  thought. 
Also,  with  the  appropriate  hardware  or 
software  utilities  in  place,  copying  files 
from  MS-DOS  and  Mac-formatted  disks 
is  no  different  than  using  Amiga  disks. 
Again,  just  pop  it  in  the  drive  and  copy 
to  your  heart's  content. 

Driving  the  "High"  Way 

DKB's  Power  XL  Drive  is  a  high-density 
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plug-and-play  process.  Plug  the  drive's 
cable  to  the  drive  port  on  the  rear  of 
your  Amiga  and  place  its  accompanying 
XL  Install  disk  in  any  drive.  The  Install 
software  gives  you  two  options:  a  Stan- 
dard or  an  Advanced  installation.  Going 
with  the  Standard  installation  writes  a 
file  called  "highdensitypatch"  to  your 
Workbench's  C  directory  and  a  line  to 
your  User-Startup  so  that  the  operating 
system  can  recognize  high-density  disks 
inserted  into  XL, 

You'll  want  to  opt  for  the  Advanced 
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write  high-density  PC-formatted  disks. 
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into  three  parts  (User's  Guide,  CITAS 
and  library  Reference),  each  one  indi- 
vidually indexed.  Unfortunately,  there 


is  no  master  index.  If  you've  read  the 
Amiga  ROM  Kernel  Manuals  (RKMs), 
you'll  be  right  at  home  with  the  GDS 
manual.  The  Library  Reference  is  simi- 
lar to  RKM:  Autodocs  &.-  Includes,  while 
the  User's  Guide  is  similar  to  RKM: 
Libraries. 

The  CITAS  section  of  the  manual 
describes  the  use  of  the  CITAS  (origin- 
ally an  acronym  for  "Convert  IFF  To 
Assembler  Source")  object  tool.  Although 
there  are  no  tutorials,  it  provides  a  well- 
written  and  clear  reference.  Don't  expect 
a  quick  glance  at  the  manual  to  suffice; 
you'll  have  to  browse  through  include 
files  and  scour  the  example  code  in 
order  to  fully  understand  GDS.  If  you've 
sought  freely  distributable  source  code 
and  a  more  narrative  introduction  than 
that  provided  by  (he  RKMs.  you'll  prob- 
ably wish  for  the  same  with  GDS. 

Image  Handling 

The  link  library  is  about  92K,  not  all  of 
which  is  necessary  for  your  programs. 
Included  are  functions  to  manipulate 
displays,  backgrounds,  graphics,  anima- 
tions, sound  ,  timers,  joysticks,  and  most 
of  the  other  common Iv  programmed 
items.  Automatic  collision  detection  pro- 
vides system  calls  to  your  custom  colli- 
sion handler. 

The  CITAS  object  tool  lets  you  load 
images  and  animations  created  in  your 
favorite  paint  program.  You  can  ma- 
nipulate the  ANIM  cells  through  copy- 
ing, repositioning,  rotating  and  flipping, 
and  can  set  options  for  translucency, 
CPU  or  blit  images,  display  priority,  and 
a  number  of  other  parameters.  You  can 
even  create  complex  animation  objects 
by  combining  several  simple  animations. 

CITAS  lets  you  define  sophisticated 
collision  tables  and  areas.  A  collision 
table  is  a  list  of  names  and  masks.  You 
might  have  names  such  as  "head,"  "foot," 
and  "sword,"  and  a  mask  thai  indicates 
that  two  feet  or  two  swords  can't  collide 
with  one  another,  but  that  they  can  col- 
lide with  anything  else.  A  collision  area 
is  a  rectangular  area  that  you  define 
graphically,  and  then  label  from  wilhin 
your  collision  table.  When  you're  fin- 
ished, CITAS  saves  your  objects  as  C  or 
assembler  code,  or  as  separate  files  to 
loacl  into  a  game  of  your  own  design. 

GDS  is  fairly  system  friendly.  I  did, 
however,  notice  Enforcer  hits  when  the 
computer  was  running  low  on  chip 
memory  or  loading  large  images,  but  not 
while  it  was  running  the  demos. 

Game  Over 

Professional  game  developers  use  iheir 

own  custom  development  systems,  often 

Continued  on  p.48. 


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Time  Table  of  History:  1 991  Editions 

Business,  Politics  &  Media 

15.00 

Science  &  Innovations 

15.00 

Women  In  Motion 

12.00 

Wrath  of  the  Demon 

10.00 

CD-ROM 


NEC  COR-25  CD-ROM  Drive 

•  tit  w/Power  Supply.  H ei dphone . i :k 

•  Cabling  tor  eriemil  25  pin  SCSI  port 

•  Support!  Single  Setiion  Photo  CO 

•  Unltpeed  650 Mi  Atc,.7Mb/t  Trintler 

•  Minulitlurid  lor  Media  Vlilon 


NEC  CDR-210  Internal  CD-ROM 

•  Doubleipeed,  3S0MS  Acceii 

■  1.5 Mli/iTrsnilar  Rile 

■  SCSIorSCS-  2  Connuctiliility 

•  MnlliSr silon  Photo,  Heidphone  Jack 

$195.00 

External  model  w/csbllng 
$279.95 


Pleitor  4  Plei  Quad  Internal 

•  SCSI-2,  MOKn/tec  data  trintler 

•  1Mb  Suffer,  150Mt  Rindom  Seek 

•  2  YsirWirr-nty 

■  Toll  Free  Technical  Line 


$589.00 


NEC  3X1  Internal  CD-ROM  Drive 

•  SCSI-2,  iMMtJtatta  •  Triple  Spin 

•  I  VeirW'ty  •  Fs  lure  is  hid  by  NEC 

$345.00 

External  model 

$429.00 


CD-ROM  Driven 

ASIM  C0FS  2.9  w.Tiih  232-1 000 $49.95 
Xatoc  CDFS  2.0  w/F!lh  1 -95D         49.95 


AGA  Games  Blowout 

leal  *  Allen  Breed  2  •  Overkill 

Bodyblov/s  Galactic  •Trolls 

Buy  Uori10'2  tor  SIS' 3  lor  SIS 

4  tar  $30*  5  tor  $34 


Software  Specials 

Quantities  are  limited  on  these 
hard  to  find  items. 

AMOS  Pro  {45.00 

AMOS  Pro  Compiler  29.00 

Carmen  San  Diego  -  Europe  32.95 

Carmen  San  Diego  -  Time  32.95 

Carmen  San  Diego  -  World  7.00 


CBM  Parts  & 
Peripherals 


A6O0  Keyboard  $29.95 

A2O0O/A300O  Keyboard  69.95 

A2Q00  internal  Floppy  Drive  69  95 

A3000  Internal  Floppy  Drive  69.95 

A2  000  Power  Supply  1 09.00 

CBM  Amiga  Model  Mouse  19.95 

Golden  Image  Optical  Mouse  44.95 

Swllty  3  Button  Mouse 27  95 


Amiga  4000/040 

S  4000/040  LC 

Units  still  in  stock.  Call  for 

pricing  &  configuration. 


3.1  OS  Kits 


NOW  AVAILABLE! 

AS320  3.1  Kltw/complete 

Manuals,  Disks,  &  ROM  for 

the  A500,  A2000,  &  A2500 

$159.00 

AS330  3.1  Kit  w/complete 

Manuals,  Disks,  &  ROM  set 

tor  all  A3000  models 

S1 79.00 

AS340  3.1KItw/complete 

Manuals,  Disks,  &  ROM  set 

for  all  A12O0  &  A4000  models 

$179.00 

The  3.1  OS  Kit  Include!  the  following 
new  fei  buret: 

•  New  screen  modes  A  improved 
support  for  graphic  boards  {e.g.  Picasso 
2  RTG  with  up  to  1600x1200  pixels  in 
256  colors] 

•  Significantly  accelerated  graphics 
rendering  by  rewritten  graphics  and 
layers  libraries 

•  CD-ROM  suppprt  (including  CDXLI. 
reads  standard  IS0566-3  CDs  (including 
PC  data  and  picture  CDs) 

•  Support  lor  foreign  languages  via 
locale!  iisrary  (English,  German,  French, 
Italian.  Swedish,  Norwegian. ...) 

•  Datatypes  for  auto-detection  of  tiletype 
for  images,  animations,  sound,  text, 
hypertext  (AmigaGuide), ... 

•  Viewing/Playback  pi  various  liles  wilh 
MultlView  and  Datatypes 

•  On-line  help  system  using  AmigaGuide 

•  Improved  Graphical  User  Interface  with 
easier  color  selection  and  more  flexible 
color  assignment  (Pen  Sharing) 

■  Support  for  MS-DOS  and  Atari  disks 
(720Kb  and  1.44Mb  with  High  Density 
floppy  dnves) 

NOTE!  When  using  the  3.1  Kit  with  an 
A1200  you  will  lose  trie  capability  ol 
aOding  any  PCMCIA  cards  to  the  port. 


A500/A1000  Peripherals 
BigF00l2COWP.S.-A500-600-1200    $84.95 

Commodore  A500  Power  Supply  44.95 

A5O0  Case  complete  w/shielding  23. DO 

ASOO  Internal  Replacement  Orive  44.95 

ASOO  Keyboard  29.95 

AIR  External  Floppy  Drive  83.00 

A1DO0  Case  w/Shiekling  29.95 

A1000  Motherboard  49.95 

A1000  Daughterboard  24.95 

A10O0  Power  Supply  39.95 

AIR  A1 000  Internal  Floppy  Drive  69.95 

Power  Supplies  4  Cip anston  Boards 

A2000  30OW  Power  Supply  $149.00 

Emplant  Deluxe  Emulator  369.00 

256K  H  D  MAC  ROMS  tor  Emplant  269.00 

486DX  Emulation  tor  Emplant  95.00 

FaslLanflZ3SCSI-2/RAMA3/4000  499.00 

Mullilace  III  I/O  Extender  92.00 

Supra  Turbo  26  A50D  or  A2000  169.00 

Toccata  16  479.95 


Toaster  Systems 

Call  far  details  on  our 
complete  Toaster  systems! 


Hard  to  Find  Amiga  Items 


A520  Video  Adapter  $44.95 

NEW  &  Boxed  Irom  CBM 
5Q-1512KRAMw/Clock  54.95 

From  Prism  Leisure 
A2065  Ethernet  Board1  269.00 

NEWS  Bulk  Packed,  CWs  Last! 
A2091  SCSI  Controller  89.00 

w/Rev6.6Epmms 


A2630  25MZ  Accelerator         429.01 
NEW,  68030,  w/4Mb  RAM, 
&Rev7  Eproms 

A2232  Multi-Serial  Card  195.01 

NEW,  bulk  packed  7  port  serial 
card  Irom  Commodore,  with 
software 

Serial  Cable  tor  above  7.9; 


CO 


SX-1  CD-3Z  Expansion 

Module  by  Paravlslon 

In  StOCkl:  $239.00 

SX-1  Keyboard:  $44.95 


Options: 

1  Mb  RAM  $49.95  •  4Mb  RAM  $165,00 
BMb  RAM  J31 9.00 

40Mb  HD  1149.00  -  85  Mb  HD  S199.00 
173Mb  HD  $279.00 
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$369.95 

QNEW  i  boxed  w/all  manuals & 
cables,  9D  Day  W'ty.  Complete 
w/Chaos  Engine  &  Microcosm. 
0  Can't  find  an  A120O?  Why  not 
consider  a  CD-32  with  trie  SX-1 
module  above.  Call  lor  details. 


A1200  Peripherals 

CSA 12  Gauge  50Mzw/SCSI  S499.00 

PCMCIA  Card  600/1200  2Mb  135.00 

PCMCIA  Card  600/1200  4Mb  229.00 

IDE  Cable  1  Software  -600/1 200  20.00 

M1230  Accelerator  33/33/0  275,00 


WB2  Upgrades 


2.1  Sultwire  4  Mistering  AmlgiOOS 
Relerenct  Minuil  $40.00 

2.1  Scltwire  &  Mulerlng  AmlgiOOS 
Relerenct  Minuil  t,  2.04  ROM     72.95 
Multi-Start  2  v6A  5007600/2000     34.00 
AS216  2.1  Kit  Irom  Commodore    54.95 
AS216  2.1  Kit  w/2.04  ROM  Irom  CBM 

66.95 
AS314  2.04  A3000  ROM  SSI 
w/2.1  software  59.95 


Modems  &  Networking 

AmigaLink  Starter  Kit  -  2  Nodes  $259.00 

Hydra  AmigaNet  Ethernet  Card  309.00 

A2060ArcNet  Board  69.95 

GP  Fax  Software  -  Class  1  &  2  59.95 

Sporster  14.4  Fax  Modem  179.00 

Supra  Fax/Modem  14.4  209.00 

Supra  Fax/Modem  26.8  329.00 


Hard  Drives 


We  stock  all  2.5  IDE,  3.5  IDE 

and  SCSI  Hard  Drives. 
Call  tar  models  and  pricing! 


Monitors 
Elrelrohome  C1440  Multiscan 
CO-1401  Multiscan 


J499.0C 

499.00 


Software 


Productivity  -  Utllltiti 

Adorage2.0AGA 

$139.95 

Alpha  Paint 

599.0C 

Anim  Workshop  2.0 

64.95 

Art  Department  Pro  2.5 

149.0C 

Brilliance  2.0 

89.95 

Checks  &  Balances 

36.00 

Composite  Studfo  1.1 

124,95 

CrossDOSSw/CrossPC 

39.95 

Desktop  Magic 

28.95 

Directory  Opus  4.1 

68.00 

Distant  Suns  5.0 

59,95 

Dynamic  Cacrie  FS 

29.95 

Dynamic  Motion  Module 

135.00 

Final  Writer! 

115,00 

Gigamem 

99.00 

Hollywood  FX 

379.95 

Humanord  for  Light-wave 

159.00 

Humanoid  for  Imagine 

159.00 

Hypercacrie  Pro  2.0 

45.95 

Imagemasler  R/T 

69.95 

Imagemaster  Apprentice  R/T 

59.95 

Image  Mirror 

104.95 

Imagine  3.0 

379.00 

Internet's  Avalon  CD-ROM 

49.95 

Invoice  It  1.2 

34.95 

MaxDOS  2.0 

85.00 

Morpri  Plus 

134.95 

Motion  Master  LW 

114.95 

PageStream  3.0 

259.0C 

Pegger  2.0 

59.95 

Pixel  3D  Pro  2.0 

169.95 

Power  Macros/Ligritwave 

109.00 

SAS/C  6.51 

159.95 

Scenery  Animator  4.0 

65.00 

Studio  Printer 

69.M 

Super  HP-DJC  3 

37.95 

Syndesis  3D  ROM  V1 

99.00 

Syndesis  3D  ROM  V2 

99.00 

TypeSmilh  2.5 

129,0( 

Vista  Pro  3.1 

59.95 

Wave  Maker 

129.95 

Joystick  Bundles 

The  following  Joystick  Bundles  were 

originally  priced  at  $99.00. 

NOW  ONLY  $24.95  -  Your  Choice: 

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w/Theme  Park  Mystery  &  Killing  Cloud 

software  or  Ergo  Joystick  w/Team 

SumkI,  Spaeioalt  2 

&  Predator  2 


Dr.  T's  Music  Bundle 

Includei  KCS  V3  &  Copy  ill  Apprentice 

Drighilly  told  lor  $469.00 

Special  Price  $59.95 


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Software  Hut 


SUPER 


DKBMegAchip 

Expands  your  Amiga  500  or  2000  to 
2Mb  of  Chip-RAM,  great  lor  all 
graphic  applications.  Including  the 
Video  Toaster,  Included  is  the  DKB 
board  w/IMb  of  additional  Chip- 
RAM  and  a  2Mb  Agnus.  Complete 
wilh  manual  lor  easy  installation. 
$199.95 

0KB  A263?  RAM  Board 

A  32-bit  RAM  Expansion  Board  tor 

the  C6M  A2630  Accelerator  Card. 

Allows  32-bit  RAM  beyond  4Mb. 

expandable  to  112Mb  using  32-bit 

wide  SIMMs.  Faster  than  RAM  on 

A2630  and  lull  Burst  Mode  support. 

Perfect  for  Video,  Graphics, 

Animations,  and  DTP. 
$139.00 

Options: 

Add  4Mb  RAM  -$159.00 

Add  8Mb  RAM  -  309.00 

Add  16Mb  RAM  -  $599.00 

Add  32Mb  RAM  -$1179.00 

DKBA1240  Board 

A  multi-function  board  for  the 
Amiga  1200.  Includes:  68030  for  up 
to  6  times  faster  speed;  room  for  up 
to  128Mb  of  32-bit  RAM  using  one 
industry  standard  SIMM;  clock- 
calendar.  Add  an  optional  Math-Co 
up  to  50Mz.  Features  an  expansion 
connector  lor  an  optional  SCSI 
controller, 

1240  40MZ  EC  CPU  -  $249.00 

1240  28MzRC  CPU -$199.00 

Options: 

Add  33Mz  68882  FPU -$79.00 

Add  50Mz  68882  FPU  -  $109.00 

Add  1Mb  RAM -$49.00 

Add  2Mb  RAM  -  $89.00 

Add  4Mb  RAM  -  $159.00 

Add  8Mb  RAM  -  $309.00 

Power  Point  HD  Internal  Floppy 
Accepts  DD  B80K  disks  or  HD 
1.76Mb  disks.  Compatible  with  PC 
disks.  1  Year  Warranty.  Requires 
Workbench  2.1,  or  higher. 
$145.00 

Power  Point  HD  External  Floppy 
Same  leatures  as  above  model. 
Connects  to  external  disk  drive  port 
ot  any  Amiga.  Perfect  for  users  who 
lack  an  internal  bay. 
$155.00 

The  Clock 

Installs  internally  in  your  A1 200  on 
the   clock    header    of    the 
Motherboard.  Automatically 
recognized  by  AmigaDOS. 
$23.00 


M-TEC  Germany 


Great  New  Amiga  500  &  1200  Peripherals 


Chimn  Internal  H.  D.  Floppy  Drive 
Now  available,  from  Commodore  & 
DKB,  Is  the  Chinon  4015  HD  Floppy 
Drive.  This  is  the  same  unii  as  used 
In  the  Amiga  4000,  now  also 
compatible  with  Ihe  A2000.  Drives 
can  be  used  as  either  010:  or  dlt:  {or 
buy  two  and  use  as  both).  Complete 
with  Installation  Instructions. 
$139.95 

DKB  A3128  HAM  Boar; 
A  32-bit  RAM  Expansion  Board  tor 
A3000/4000  owners.  Allows  32-bit 
RAM  expansion  to  146Mb  using 
industry  standard  4,  8, 16,  &  32Mb 
SIMMs.  Easily  installs  in  any  slot.  A 
MUST  HAVE  for  Toaster  users. 

$249.00 
Options:  Same  as  A2632  on  left. 

DKB  A1202  Board 

A  mulli-funcilon  board  tor  the 
A1200.  Provides  the  max  Fast-RAM 
expansion  possible  plus  a  clock- 
calendar.  The  2  sockets  allow  1,  2, 
4,  or  8Mb  RAM  using  standard  32- 
bit  SIMMs.  Optional  Math-Co  can 
speed  up  math-intensive  programs 
as  much  as  10  limes,  or  more. 

1202.  no  FPU.  OK  -$114.95 
Options: 

Add  16Mz  68882  -  $25.00 
Add  25MZ  68882  -  $49.00 
Add  33Mz  68882  -$69.00 
Add  40Mz  68882  -$129.00 
Add  RAM -Same  as  A 1240  on  ten 

KwlkStart  2 

Allows  A1000  owners  to  install  2 
different  Kickstart  ROM  chips. 
Upgrade  to  latest  OS  without  using 
system  memory  yet  you  can  still 
boot  from  disk-based  Kickstarts. 

$54.95 
Options: 

1.3  OS  ROM -$19.95 

2.04  OS  ROM -$29.95 

3.1  OS  Kit  ■  $159.00 

DKB  4091  SCSI  Controller 
High-Performance.  DMA,  Fast 
SCSI-2  controller  tor  Zorro3 
expansion  slots.  Includes  SCSI 
internal  connector,  ribbon  cable,  & 
hardware  to  install  a  3.5'  HD  on  the 
board  and  a  high-density  SCSI-2 
external  connector. 

$349.95 

Super  Bundle 

Purchase  the  4091  and  3128  at  the 
same  time  for  a  special  price  ot: 
$479.00 

Disk  Expander 

This  software  doubles  the  capacity 
of  your  floppy  or  hard  drives.  Easy 
to  install  and  works  without  notice, 
in  the  background.  Compression 
ratios  very  Irom  30%  to  70%. 
$39:95 


Fun  School  Math,  ages  ?>11 
Fun  School  3.  ages  5>7 
Fun  School  3.  ag»S  7+ 
Fun  School  4.  ages  under  5 
Fun  School  4,  ages  5>7 
Fun  School  4,  ages  7>11 


Education  Soltwtri 

SI  8.95  Mavis  Beacon  Teaches  Typing  33.00 

18.95  Mickey's  Jigsaw  Puzzles  35.00 

18.95  Mickey's  Memory  Challenge  35.00 

18.95  MicHey'sUSs  3500 

18.95  Mickey's  ABCs  35.00 

18.95  Memory  Challenge  Series  One  79.00 


GVP  A500HDB  Plus 
We  have  acquired  Ihe  last  batch  ol 
GVP't  best  sslllng  A500  peripheral. 
It  will  hold  any  size  SCSI  HO  and 
2Mb,  4Mb.  or  8Mb  of  RAM.  Il'i  own 
Power  Supply  Is  included.  One  Year 
Warranty  by  GVP.  Hurry,  as  supplies 
are  limited. 

GVP  A50Q  HDB  Plut  W/no  HO  (1 99. 95 

w/170Mb  Quantum  HD  add  215.00 

w/270Mb  Quantum  HD  add  259.00 

w/54DMb  Quantum  HD  add  389.00 

w/2Mb  RAM  add  85.00 

w.'4Mb  RAH  arid  16B.00 

w/BMb  RAH  arid  319.00 

A40d0  G-Forct  D4D-40 

GVP  puts  a  40M2  Motorola  040  in  your 
Amiga  (030  Or  040)  1  couples  it  with,  up  la 
32Mb  ol  super  last  SIMM32  memory, 
directly  controlled  by  triis  blazing  processor. 
G-ForceA4OOOO40/40/4fJ/4Mb  $999.00 
GVP  SIMM  32  4Mb  60Ns  225.00 

GVP  SIMM  32  16Mb  6CNS  999.00 

AI0O0  G-Force  040-33  Combo 

The  ultimate  combo:  Motorola  6B040 

processor  blazing  at  33MZ  with  room  lor  up 

to  64Mb  of  fast  32-bit  RAM;  integrated 

SCSI2  interface;  bonus  lOExtender  lor  an 

extra  parallel  and  buttered  high-speed  serial 

port. 

G-Force  040733Mz/4Mb  $1049.00 

G-Force  03O/40MzMMb  RAM  649.00 

<006SCSI2  Controller 
Add  up  to  7  SCSI  devices  to  your  Amiga  and 
smile.  Provides  room  lor  up  to  6Mb  Ot  16- 
bit  FtAM. 
GVP  4008  SCSI  Controller  (149.00 

TBC  Plut 

This  pro  quality  (CCIR-501).  all  digital  time- 
base-corrector  uses  state-of-the-art  8-bit 
4:2:2  video  processing.  Plus,  II  provides  a 
real-time  video  frame-grabber  and  16.7  mill 
color  frame-butter;  a  tull  SMPTE/EBU  time- 
code  receiver/generator  and  a  comb  filter  is 
available;  will  transcoda  composite  and  Y/c 
inputs;  a  3  channel  video  input  switcher  (in 
composite  and  Y/C)  ic  provided:  and 
programmable  video  special  effects. 
GVP  T8C  Plus  $599.95 

G-Loct 

Connect  to  the  world  of  video  with  our  built- 
in  transporter  to  convert  input  video  to 
composite,  Y/C,  RGB.  or  YUV  outputs! 
Includes  dual-input  audio  panel.  Full 
support  AGA  and  "classic"  Amigas.  SCALA 
users  can  purchase  an  EX  module  from 
SCALA. 
G-Lock  -  Specify  NTSC  or  PAL         $335.00 

£GS  2 6/24  Spectrum 

Go  beyond  AGA  Graphics  with  this  real- 
time. 24-bit,  true-color  graphics  enhancer. 
Programmable  resolutions  up  to 
1600x1280.  800x600  in  24-bil.  Includes  a 
custom  pass-through  cable  for  single 
monitor  use.  Also  includes  EGS 
SpectraPaint,  a  GVP  exclusive! 
GVP  Spectrum  28724  EGS  2Mb       $379.00 

1230  Turbo 

Accelerate  your  A1200  up  to  50Mz.  Room 

lor:  up  to  32Mb  Ot  32-bit  FtAM;  an  FPU: 

A1291  SCSI  kit. 

1230  SCSI  Ser2  40MZ  4Mb  $399.00 

1230  SCSI  Ser2  SOMi  4Mb  599.00 

1291  SCSI  Controller  lor  1230  95.00 

FPU  50M;  lor  1230  Accelerator         115.00 

Dttt* 

This  is  the  quietest  8-bit  sound  sampler  yel 
made.  New  3.0  software  supports  direct  to 
disk  (hard  disk}  recording  and  playback. 
GVP  DSSB*  Sound  Digitizer  $79.95 


M-TEC  HAM 

This  is  a  2Mb  RAM  board  lor  A500s. 
Mounts  internally,  in  the  trap  door, 
and  into  your  Gary  IC  socket,  giving 
you  2Mb  of  addilional  last-RAM.  No 
soldering  is  required. 
$139.95 

M-TEC  AT-500 

This  Is  a  Hard  Drive  Sub-System 

plugging  Into  the  Amiga  500 

expansion  slot.  Will  hold  any  2.5'  or 

3.5'  Hard  Drive  and  It  has  room  to 

hold  2Mb,  4Mb,  or  8Mb  RAM  on  the 

controller.  A  unique  feature  is  a 

physical  switch  allowing  you  to 

mount  an  additional  interna!  Kickstart 

ROM,  such  as  2.04  or  3.1,  and  still 

keep  whatever  ROM  is  In  your  A500. 

Also,  the  unit  has  an  ON/OFF  switch 

to  turn  oft  the  Hard  Drive,  if  required. 

M-TEC  AT-500  w/No  HD  ■  $149.95 

w/250Mb  HD  -  $379.00 

w/350Mb  HD  -  $419.00 

w/540Mb  HD  -  $499.00 

Options: 

2Mb  RAM  Installed  ■  $86.00 

4Mb  RAM  Installed  - 170.00 

8Mb  RAM  Installed  -  $309.00 

Kickstart  1.3  ROM -$21.95 

Kickstart  2.04  ROM  -  $32.95 


M-TEC  63020I  Turbo  System 
This  is  the  powerful,  yet  affordable, 
accelerator  the  average  A500  user  has 
been  waiting  tor!  Includes  a  66020 
CPU  &  6BB81  Math-Co,  both  running 
at  16Mz.  Also  included  is  a  SIMM 
socket  for  up  to  4Mb  of  32-bit  RAM. 
The  board  attaches  to  your 
Motherboard  with  NO  soldering. 
Install  disk  and  manual  are  included. 

$99.95 
Options: 
1Mb  32-bit  RAM  Module  -  $49.95 
4Mb  32-bit  RAM  Module  -  $165.00 

M-TEC  T1230/28RTC 

This  Is  ihe  powerful,  yet  affordable, 
accelerator  the  average  A1200  user 
has  been  waiting  for!  Includes  a 
68030  CPU  and  68882  Math-Co,  both 
running  at  28Mz.  Aiso  includes  a 
SIMM  socket  for  up  to  BMb  ot  32-bit 
RAM.  The  board  plugs  into  the  Trap 
Door  with  NO  soldering.  A  SCSI  port 
is  also  provided,  allowing  the  use  of  a 
SCSI1  or  SCSI2  HD,  when  this 
module  is  released  In  the  near  future. 

$169.95 

Options: 

1Mb  32-bit  RAM  Module  -  $49.95 

4Mb  32-bit  RAM  Module  -$165.00 

8Mb  32-bit  RAM  Module  -  $319.00 


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four-page  form  contains  the  details  on 
the  shooting  location,  space  for  direc- 
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are  assigned,  and  other  details  such  as 
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batteries  to  take  along. 

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right  at  home.  Navigation  through  and 


between  forms  is  by  gadgets,  either 
advancing  through  a  form  or  returning 
to  the  Main  Menu  before  going  on  to 
another  form. 

The  only  problem  I  encountered  was 
related  to  SBase  rather  than  Video  Es- 
cort. SBase  allows  you  to  set  a  default 
director)"  for  the  program  to  open  to.  t 
had  SBase  opening  to  a  different 
directory  than  the  one  in  which  VE 
was  installed.  While  most  people  who 
buy  this  product  probably  will  not 
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main  database  files,  it  is  one  of  the  few- 
oversights  in  the  otherwise  complete 
manual.  The  manual,  composed  of  125 
loose-leaf  pages  in  a  binder,  contains 
several  tutorials  covering  general 


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database  skills,  as  well  as  specific  Video 
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tenance Form  is  the  password  you've 
chosen.  Once  the  system  is  operating, 
anyone  using  it  can  reveal  the  password, 
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you  out,  your  data  is  no  longer  secure.  I 
think  a  better  system  would  be  to  require 
the  password  once  again  when  accessing 
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watt  as  the  system  searches,  and  even  to 
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Although  many  pcoplejust  beginning 
a  video-production  business  will  not 
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BETTER  LATE  THAN  never: 
S/erra  has  returned  to  the 
Amiga  market  with  a  relative 
hang.  With  King's  Quest  VI: 
Heir  Today,  Gone  Tomorrow,  Sierra's  first  .Amiga  game  since 
1 992's  Conquest  of  the  Longbow,  the  California  publisher  finally 
has  made  the  sort  of  animated  adventure  that,  while  not  with- 
out its  flaws,  does  credit  both  to  the  genre  and  to  the  Amiga. 

The  style  of  play  isn't  all  that  different  from  the  treasure 
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done.  The  story  follows  a  shipwrecked  Prince  Alexander 
(whom  you  may  recall  as  the  young  hero  of  King's  Qtiest  III) 
as  he  visits  five  disparate  islands  in  an  effort  10  recover  his 
beloved  princess,  Cassima  (who  is,  naturally,  in  thrall  to  the  evil 
vizier).  Ho-hum,  eh?  The  usual  Sierra  stuff. 

Well,  no,  not  ho-hum.  For  one  diing,  the  presentation  is 
decidedly  improved.  This  is  die  first  Amiga  conversion  that 
Siena  did  not  do  itself;  instead,  it  drafted  English  developer 
Revolution  Software  (the  outfit  behind  Konami's  Lure  of  the 
Temptress  and  Virgin's  Beneath  a  Steel  Sky),  and  you'll  notice 
the  difference  immediately.  The  colors  have  greater  luster. 
even  though  there  are  only  32  of  them;  KQY1  isn't  quite  up  to 
the  256-color  IBM  original,  but  it's  a  nice  approximation,  with 
an  impression  of  solidity,  smoothness,  and  weight.  (An  AGA 
version  was  planned,  but  apparently  has  been  called  off.) 

Similarly,  while  the  game  flows  along  particularly  nicely  on  an 
accelerated  machine,  it's  now  playable  on  a  stock  68000  without 
the  sense  that  heavy-duty  rendering  is  going  on  in  die  back- 
ground. Spot  animations,  which  used  to  slow  down  the  whole 
operation!  are  brought  off  in  a  more  easy-going,  Amiga-like 
fashion.  And  while  Sierra  mastered  the  Amiga's  music-plaving 
abilities  long  ago,  never  has  a  Sieira  score  sounded  this  majestic. 

Despite  an  entrv-level,  fain-tale  sensibility  to  the  story. 
KQVI  is  a  better  game:  it  pulls  a  number  of  unconventional 

ShowBits:  CES 

WITH  CBM  MORE  liquid  than  solid,  the  Amiga  was  at  best 
a  vaporous  presence  at  summer  CES  compared  to  the  rela- 
tively lively  January  show.  But,  while  out  of  sight,  .Amy  was 
not  entirely  out  of  mind.  Take  2.  the  outfit  built  around  the 
former  Paragon  Software,  indicated  that  it's  releasing 
Amiga  conversions  of  two  of  Microprose's  IBM  games:  the 
celebrated  space  empire-building  game  Master  of  Orion 
and  the  sadly-neglected  RPG  BloodNet — a  tale  of  vampires 


By  Peter  Oiafson,  AW  Games  Editor 


Prince  Alexander  challenges  the  Lord  of  the  Dead  in  King's 
Qtiest  VI. 

stunts  that  will  keep  you  pleasantly  off  balance.  It  provides  a 
character  who,  under  various  guises,  coaxes  Alexander  to  do 
things  that  can  kill  him.  A  huge  two-level  maze  is  sequestered 
deep  in  the  game,  and  you'll  have  to  keep  wits  (and  maps) 
about  you  to  pull  through.  It's  more  open-ended  than  most  of 
its  predecessors,  and  while  it  slill  has  bottlenecks  in  which  cer- 
tain actions  are  necessary,  you're  given  a  lot  of  leeway  to  roam. 
(In  fact,  about  two  thirds  of  [he  way  through,  the  path  spl it s 
in  two — one  route  straightforward,  the  other  elaborate  and 
bound  up  with  magic  spells  (this  an  evident  nod  to  KQIII).  "lite 
writing  has  evolved  into  storytelling;  by  the  time  .Alexander 
meets  the  Lord  of  the  Dead  (pictured)  on  the  cusp  of  the 
endgame,  it's  positively  poignant. 

ll  was  probably  too  much  to  hope  that  Sierra/Revolution 
would  gei  everything  right  the  Brsi  rime  out.  The  screen-top  icon 
bar  often  inherits  a  bleached-out  cast  from  the  plavlicld,  and  i 

and  net-lurking  set  in  a  future  New  York.  Look  for  them 
around  the  middle  of  next  year.  (Another  Paragon  game. 
Twilight  2000,  is  slated  to  be  released  for  AGA  machines  by 
England's  Empire  Software.) 

The  Amiga  news  out  ol \  Damark  was  mixed.  Designer  Mike 
Singleton  indicated  that,  contrary-  to  reports  in  the  British 
press,  he  is  not  planning  an  Amiga  version  of  the  enormous 
strategy/adventure,  The  Lords  of  Midnight.  However,  Do- 
mark  reps  indicated  that  it's  likely  we'll  see  a  version  of  its 
forthcoming  high-end  helicopter  situ,  Apache.  G 


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F — A  real  stinker.  Don't  waste  your  time. 
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the  Amiga  market — recently  released  in  quick  succession  three 
games  that  are  alniosi  inarguably  the  worst  in  its  nearly 
decade-long  history.  That's  taking  into  account  eaiiv  releases 
like  Bratacus  and  Deep  Space,  as  well  as  acknowledged  second- 
echelon  games  that  used  to  be  released  via  the  Psyclapse 
label.  And  it  also  includes  unfortunate  recenl  experiments  like- 
Red  Zone.  What  the  dnnl  has  happened  lo  Psygnosis? 

Circumstance  would  seem  to  point  a  linger  at  parent  corpo- 
ration Sony,  which  bought  the  company  in  1993,  because  all 
three  games  are  licenses  based  on  Columbia  Pictures  film  prop- 
erties— arcaders  and  beat-'em-ups  without  a  wit  of  originality  or 
cleverness  or  any  special  affiliation  to  their  source  material. 

Bram  Stoker's  Dracula 

Bram  Stoker's  Dracula  has  been  in  the  works  forever.  Contacts 
at  Psygnosis  suggested  that  the  Amiga  version  might 
finally  emerge  as  a  hybrid  of  two  earlier,  artistically  less-than- 
successful  Dracula  games:  the  sideview  Sega  beat-"em-up  and 
the  IBM  Wolfenstein-3D-like,  free-scrolling  action  adventure. 
Unfortunately,  the  Sega  game  won  out.  (The  IBM  would  at 
least  have  been  a  relative  novelty  on  the  Amiga.)  There's  not 
much  to  it.  The  appeal  of  i  he  quasi-realistic  character  and  the 
sepia-tone  backdrops  will  last  about  five  minutes.  Then  the 
monotony  of"  the  laughter,  the  disembodied  sounds,  the 
oddly  mincing  movements,  the  trivial  opponents,  and  the 
unlikely  challenges  begin  to  set  in.  Score:  D. 

Last  Action  Hero 

Last  Action  Hero  is  simply  a  Double  Dragon  clone,  with  none 
of  the  artistry  (albeit  it  crude)  thai  those  games  sometimes 
exhibited.  The  character  looks  more  like  James  Caau  than 
Arnold's  Jack  Slater.  The  sccnerv  and  opponents  have  almost 
no  variety.  It's  like  playing  in  your  sleep — the  same  game- 
repeating  over  and  over  again — and  if  that  sounds  like  a 
description  of  a  nightmare,  well,  so  be  it.  Score:  D-. 

Cliffiianger 

If  good  movies  made  for  good  games,  then  Cliffhanger  should 
have  been  a  great  mountain-climbing  adventure.  As  it  hap- 
pens, it's  the  mosi  abysmal  thing  Psygnosis  has  ever  laid  claim 
to  and  tile  worst  major-label  Amiga  game  I've  ever  seen:  a  tiny 
character,  moving  awkwardly  over  unintimidaling  terrain, 
dodging  clumps  of  snow,  and  punching  hawks  and  wolves 
(which  are  indisiinguisable  by  color).  Ocean,  which  has  a  his- 
tory of  lame  film  licenses,  could  do  far  better  than  this.  In  fact, 
there's  much  belter  stuff  in  I'D.  Score;  F.     ■*■ 


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The  trouble  with  the  blame-it-on-Sony  theory  is  that  it 
doesn't  account  For  the  inconsistency  in  quality  that  has 

increasingly  infected  Psygnosis'  releases  over  recent  years. 
Most  games  up  to  and  including  Shadow  of  the  Beast  III, 
Lemmings  II,  and  Hired  Guns  arrived  with  an  almost  classi- 
cal sense  of  progression — an  impression  of  being  on  a  trip  to 
someplace  really  splendid.  Every  step  Psygnosis  took  was  a 
benchmark,  every  footprint  rimmed  in  gold. 

lint  market  forces  being  what  they  are,  Psygnosis'  agenda 
has  increasing!)'  slipped  in  recent  years  toward  the  IBM  and 
the  consoles.  Its  Amiga  games  over  this  period  have  been 
plentiful  and  not  half  bad  (until  this  current  crop  of  lilm- 
based  mutants),  but  they've  become  increasingly  trivial, 
and  that  mission-like  sense  of  continuity  has  vanished. 
Psygnosis  seems  to  have  turned  into  a  sort  of  Amiga 
smorgasbord,  sampling  the  wares  ol  this  developer  and  dial 
developer  in  one-off  ventures.  Tasteful  one-off  ventures,  to  be 
sure,  but  in  the  overall  picture,  Psygnosis  is  not  pushing 
progress  so  much  as  product. 

Innocent  Until  Caught 

Consider  Innocent  Until  Caught,  which  has  finally  made  its 
way  from  the  IBM  to  the  Amiga.  You  may  recall  my  charac- 
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weight. Despite  a  similarly  dark  tale — you're  a  professional 
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primarily  an  exercise  in  cheesiness. 

That's  due  in  part  to  the  Story,  which  has  you  skulking  about 
in  brothels,  bars,  backs  alleys,  subways,  dingy  pawnshops,  and 
assorted  other  damp  rocks.  Unfortunately,  it's  also  in  the  pre- 
sentation. It's  in  the  cartoon  bubbles  in  which  all  text  appears 
(and  which  make  everything  that  transpires  therein  feel 
insubstantial).  It's  in  the  way  the  pointer  never  behaves  quite 
as  you  want  it  to.  It's  in  the  crashes  that  occur  when  you  don't 
nm  bind  drivers  first.  It's  in  the  serviceable  but  somewhat 
bloodless  graphics  that — seemingly  regardless  of  the  mode  in 
which  IUC  is  booted — eventually  begin  to  deteriorate  into 
ever-larger  black  blotches.  It's  in  the  time-wasting  manual. 

And  it's  in  the  frantically  "humorous"  text — waving  its  hands 
and  stamping  its  feet  at  us  like  a  hyperactive  child  with  a 
Story  to  tell.  Innocent  gets  an  audience  on  the  strength  of  its 
strong  bloodline,  but  proves  to  have  little  to  say  and  little  art 
in  saying  it.  Verdict:  Guilty.  Score:  C— . 

PUGGSY 

Or  consider  Puggsy,  which  has  been  waiting  in  the  wings  even 
longer  than  Dracula.  It  was  initially  slated  for  release  on  the 
Amiga  in  1991.  but  was  diverted  to  the  consoles  instead,  so 
many  of  you  have  probably  long  since  mentally  consigned 
this  arcade  game — based  on  the  famous  Amiga  demo  Puggs 
in  Space — to  the  same  plain  of  oblivion  inhabited  by  Planet- 
side,  Cud-Poo,  and  the  Lemmings  Construction  Kit. 

Usually,  a  game  lost  for  so  long  stays  lost,  and  this  one  prob- 
ably should  have,  as  it's  now  somewhat  out  of  date.  Back  then, 
Psygnosis  was  highlighting  one  particular  feature:  Puggsy's 
in-game  objects  would  have  real-world  properties  (you  could 
slack  barrels,  but  you  couldn't  stack  balls).  They  still  do,  but 
it's  no  longer  the  draw  it  might  have  been,  as  Puggsv  is  now 
just  one  ol  a  horde  ol  arcade  games  with  useable  objects — and 
not  a  particularly  well-drawn  one  at  that.  Score:  C. 

The  Silver  Lining 

This  is  not  to  say  there  isn't  good  stuff,  too,  but  it's  in  the 
minority.  Perihelion  (reviewed  in  September)  is  a  weird  but 
clever  RPG,  and  Second  Samurai  is  a  grand  arcade  adventure. 

Wiz  'N'  Liz  is  an  utterly  charming  arcade  romp  with  tinv 
characters,  dclightfullv  /ippv  speed,  and  a  guileless  premise 
(collecting  bunnies  and  spell  recipes)  that's  ajoy  to  play,  even 
if  you  don't  know  quite  what  you're  doing.  Score:  B+. 

Globdule  is  an  improvement  on  Bubble  Bobble,  with  cred- 
itable obstacles,  open  architecture  and  a  sticky  lavender  blob 
doing  the  fruit-grabbing.  (He  wants  to  be  a  toy.  Long  storv.) 
Score:  B-. 

And  Brian  the  Lion,  from  Reflections  (the  outfit  that  did 
the  Beast  games),  is  a  classic  pure-arcade  followup  to  those 
dark  adventures;  it  slyly  and  seamlessly  integrates  all  sorts  of 
console-like  tricks  in  a  brilliant  Amiga  setting.  Score:  B+. 

Coming  Attractions 

Nor  is  it  likely  that  we've  seen  the  last  of  the  good  stuff  Psyg- 
nosis has  to  offer.  Nova  Storm  for  CD32  (a  re-titled 
Scavenger 4)  should  bring  Microcosm  technology  forward  an- 
other step.  The  impending  Operation  G2.  from  the 
designers  of  Ohitus,  finds  Ps\  gnosis  in  Space  Hulk  territory. 
And  despite  DMA  Design's  decision  to  drop  Amiga  work,  we 
may  even  see  Lemmings  3. 

But.  what  I  wouldn't  give  to  have  the  old  Psvgnosis  back.  ■ 


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CIA  (8520)  8.50 

Gary  (5719)  19.95 

2620/2630  Upgrade  Kit  49 
2091  Upgrade  Eproms  7.+      49 

Superbusler(-11)  (4091)  99 

Ramsey  (A3000)  99 

Fat  Gary  (A3000)  99 

Super  Dmac  (A3000)  99 

Amber  (A3000  &  2320)  99 
2320  Flicker  Fixer  (2M00O)    299 


Amiga  600HD 
W/40MB  HD  SETUP 
&  SOFTWARE  PACK 

Only  $499 


Amiga  Dos  2.1  Software  Kit    79 
Amiga  Dos  2.1  Kit  99 

Amiga  Dos  3.1  Kit  149 

(  Specify  1  he  machine  you  own ) 


AUDIO/VIDEO 


DPS  Personal  TBC  III 

DPS  Personal  TBC  IV 

DPS  PAR  w/Software 

SEAGATE  SG3655A 

DPS  Personal  Component 

DPS  Personal  V  Scope 

Kitchen  Sync 

Final  Copy  II 

Final  Writer 

Magic  Lantern  24  Bit 

Sparks 

Opal  Vision  2.0 

DCTV-NTSC 

Montage 

Deluxe  Paint  IV  AGA 

Morph  Plus 

Art  Department  Pro  2.5 

Scala  3.0 

Caligari  24 

Aladdin  4D 

Video  Toaster  3.1  Upgrade   499 

Video  Toaster  4000  3.1       1995 

Picasow/1MB-2MB         439/495 

AD5 1 6  Digitizer  (1 6bit)         1 1 89 


Advanced  Systems  &  Software 

CYHERSIGKM  4000  Accelerator 

-  comes  with  "carrier"  board  with 
abiHty  to  upgrade  to  68060! 

-  Memory  module  board  come  with 
four  -'^ri-m  sockets;  mix  &  match 


amm  sizes. 
68060  ©50MHZ 
68040  ©40MHZ 
68040  ©38MHZ 
68040  ©SBMHZ 


CALL 
1299.00 
1199.00 
849.00 


Optional  Coinmunication  Module  : 

-  Bunt  in  "FASTLANE"  SCSI  H  Fast 
controller  card  (up  to  lOmb/sec) 

-  Ethernet  controller  for  networking 

-  Two  extra  high  speed  serial  ports 
Communication  module  395 DO 


2.5"  SX-1/A1200/A600  Hard  Drives 


SG9051A  40MB  Seagate  139 

SG9Q77A  65MB  Seagate  159 

SG9096A  85MB  Sgate/Max  199 

SG9145AG  127.9MB  Seagate  249 

M25252A  250MB  Maxtor  349 


Macro  Systems 
= WW*  tHQlHt 

68040 -28Mhzw(«  CPU  74" 

fiK040-331\Hi/.wJCPU  HHW 

68040 -40Mhz\v,CPU  I21W 

-  Comes  with  SCSI  II  Controller 

-  Expandable  To  I28MII  wf72  Pin 
Industry  Standard  Siinms 

-  16MB  Simms  $  599.00  60ns 

-  32MB  Simms  $  999.00  60ns 

-  Upgrade  kits  available  for  owners 
with  original  A4000-040  board. 

-  Free  second  day  shipping  to  the 
48  states. 


CSA  12  Gauge  Accelerators 

33Mhz  w/MMU  &  SCSI  Board  399 

w/4MB  80-70NS  Ram  549 

33Mhz  wJMMU  &  FPU  &  SCSI  499 

w/4MB  80-70NS  Ram  649 

SOMhz  wJMMU  &  SCSI  Board  499 

w/4MB  60NS  Ram  675 

50Mhz  wJMMU  &  FPU  &  SCSI  599 

w/4MB  60NS  Ram  775 


NOAHJI 


VLAB  MOTION  SYSTEM    1699 
Retina  Z2w/4MB  Ram  495 

Retina  Z3  W/4MB  Ram  685 

Toccata  449 

Vlab  Y/C  Int/Ext  424/524 

Vlab  Comp  Int/Ext  379/479 


SYQUEST  UNMATCHED  PRICESl    VX  L 3  0-33/2 M  B 


3.5"  HARD   DRIVES 


QUANTUM 

LOW  PROFILES  -  Warranty 

42  ELS  SCSI  ^  Yrs  99 

35  ELS  SCSI    I  &  it  2  Yr»  149 

170  ELS  SCSI  I  &  II  2Yr»  179 

270  ELS  SCSI  I  &  II  2Yra  219 

340  ELS  SCSI  I  &  II  2  Yre  249 

540  LPS  SCSI  I  &  II  2  "r»  299 

10S0  Empire  B.SMS  s  Yra  649 

122S  SCSI  l&ll  SYf*  749 

1 400  Empire  B.5MS  6  J»  699 

2100  Empire  9.5MS  5  Yrs  1199 

MICROPOLIS 

2210A   1.2Q  IDE10MS  S99 

2210S  A/V  1.2G  SCSI  1&II10MS  799 
2217S  A/V  1.7Q  SCSI  I1II10MS  1099 
2217A  1.7CIDE  10MS  999 

22 1 7S  1.70  SCSI  l&ll  10MS  999 

4110S  1.2G  SCSI  l&ll  8.5MS  649 
41 10A  1 -2G  IDE  Low  Profile  649 
1938  3jOG  SCSI  l&ll  1999 

1991  BjDG  SCSI  l&ll  3995 

MAXTOR 

120  LPS  SCSI/IDE  17S 

540  Low  Profile  SCSI/IDE  349 


Western  Digital 

3  YEAR  WARRANTY 

Work  In  A4D0O  &  1200  &  600 

210MB  Low  Profile  11  MS  195 

250MB  Low  Profile  11MS  210 

340MB  Low  Profile  13MS  225 

425MB   Low  Profile  13MS  249 

540MB  Low  Profile  1 1MS  299 

730MB  Low  Profile  10MS  499 

1030MB  Low  Profile  10MS  645 
All  WO  Drives  Are  IDE  LPI 


5.25"  HH  44MB  DRIVE  (SQ555)  199 

5.25"  HH  88MB  (5QM10C)  (R&W44)  265 

3.5"  LP  105MB  IDE  &  SCSI  259 

5.25"  HH  200MB  (SQ5200)  (R&W  44&S8)  399 

3.5"  LP  270MB  SCSI  (SQ3270S)  13MS  399 

5.25"  44MB  Cartrigcs  65 

5.25"  88MB  Cartrigcs  99 

3.5"  105MB  Cartrigcs  59 

5.25  200MB  &  3.5"  270MB  Cartriges  99 

External  Versions  w/Cabling  Add  99 

V* , 


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AdlDE40MB  HD  System 
w/2.5™  Drive  (500/20001 
AdlDE  130MB  HD  System 
w/2.5"  Drive  (500/2000) 
Flicker  Free  Video  II 
ADRAM540  W/4MB  (ASOO) 


249 
275 


M1230XAW/SCSI+ 


Accelerator  for  the  Amiga  1200 
with  SCSI  Controller  at  SOMhl  with 
four  megs  of  BOns  ram  -  549 XX 


PARAVISION 


699 

799 

1549 

299 

399 

729 

1199 

59.95 

89.95 

74,95 

74.95 

395 

274 

299 

119 

139 

139 

289 

139 

249 


2632  wMMegobytes  349 

MegAChip  W/2MB  Agnus  188 

Multi-Start  2  Rev6A  29 

KwikStart  II   (A10O0)  69 

1202FPU  &Rsmw/lMB  &Clk  159 

31 2S  A3OO0/4O0O  Ram  W/4MB  3SS 


EXPANSION  SYSTEMS 


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Dataf Iyer  12/600  XDS  69 

W/42SMB  Hard  Drive  325 

w/1 080MB  Hard  Drive  699 

Dalaflyer  Ram  w/2mb  1 99 

500  SCSI  or  IDE  149 

1000  SCSI  or  IDE  149 

2000  SCSI  or  IDE  95 

500  SCSI&IDE  179 

1000SCSI&IDE  199 

2000  SCSI&IDE  125 


1230XA50M HZ  w/MMU  299 
1230XA40M HZ  w/MMU  275 
1230XA40ECNoMMU  199 
1230XA  33  w/MMU  &  FPU  249 
MBXl200Zw/20MhzFPU  125 
MBX1200Zw/20Mhz&4MB  299 
MBX1200Zw/20Mhz&8MB  399 
99 
149 
229 
309 
389 
149 
199 
229 
249 
225 
725 


MAGNUM  68040RC33  1199 

MAGNUM  68040RC28  999 

DERRINGER  25/25/1MB  399 

DERRINGER  25/25/4MB  499 

DERRINGER  33/00/4MB  499 

DERRINGER  33/33/4MB  575 

DERRINGER  50/00/4MB  549 

DERRINGER  50/00/8MB  699 

Rocket  Launcher  50/50  499 


8-Up!  Ramboard  w/OMB 
8-Up!  Ramboard  w/2MB 
8-Up!  Ramboard  w/4MB 
8-Up!  Ramboard  w/6MB 
8-Up!  Ramboard  w/8MB 
VXI/30  68030  25Mhz 
VXL'30  68030  33Mhz 
VXL"30  68030  40Mhz 
VXL"30  68030  50Mhz 
VXL32w/2MB32BitRam 
VXL32  W/8MB  32Bit  Ram 


Micro  R&D 


2000  Bigfoot  Power  Supply  159 
1200/600/500  Bigtoot  89 

Slingshot  A500  (1A2000Slol)  39 
Slingshot  Pro  A500  69 

X-Calibur  A4000  Ram  Unt!    649 


GForce  04IMO  MhJ  w/4MB 

995 

GForce  040-33Mhz  w/4MB 

995 

GForce  030-40  Mru  W/4MB 

595 

A40O8-HC8+OMB 

145 

Glock  Genlock 

295 

EGS  Spectrum  w/2MB 

345 

TBC*  w/oSMPTE  CODE 

595 

A500»  Or530Turbo 

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FaaastROM  Kit 

39 

Cinemorph  Software 

29 

Phone  pak  VFX  2.0 

239 

DSS8+  Sound  Sample' 

89 

I/O  Extender 

119 

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499 

A1230  50-00-4»DPP-ll 

599 

A1291  SCSIIIConlroller 

99 

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K2M  4  MS  DOS  5.0 
Jiet  299.00 


MEMORY  CHIPS 


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1x4  100-60ns  Page  DIP  39+ 
1x1  120-60ns  DIP  5+ 

256X4  120.60ns  DIP  5+ 

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256x32  {1MB  Simm  72P)  39+ 
512x32  (2MB  Simm  72P)  85+ 
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2x32  Simms  (8MB)  299+ 

4x32  Simms    16MB)  599+ 

8x32  Simms  (32MB)  1099+ 

PCMCIA  Ram  Card  2M  119+ 
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68040-25  w/MMU&FPU  199.00 

68040-EC25  149.00 

68030-  RC-50  w/MMU  139.00 

68030- RC-40  w/MMU  119.00 

68030-EC40O'OMMU)  99.00 

68030- RC.33  w/MMU  99.00 

68030- RC- 25  w/MMU  75.00 

68030-  EC-25  (NO  MMU)  50.00 

68882-  RC-PGA-50  FPU  1 1 9.00 

68882- RC-PGA-40  FPU  109.00 

68882- RC-PGA-33  FPU  89.00 

68882-  RC-PGA-25  FPU  75.00 

6888 1  ■  RC-PG A-25  FPU  45.00 

68882-FN-PLCC  40  FPU  135.00 

68882-FN-PLCC  33  FPU  89.00 

68882-FN-PLCC  25  FPU  75.00 

68881-FN-PIXC25FPU  45.00 

68881  -FN-PLCC  16  ITU  35.00 

80387-25SX(386BB)FPU  69.95 

Crystal  Oscillators 10.00 


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ViMii,  c:a  92ob:i 
619/599-2626 

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1668  East  Cliff  Rd. 
Bumsville,  MN  55SS7 
612/894-0596 

Better  Concepts 

22  N.  Misin  St.,  Suite  393 

New  City,  New  York  10956 

8Q0/25-AMIGA 

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Westminister,  CO  80030 
303/427-9521 

C-Born  Software  Systems 

59  West  Fvans  St. 

Geelong  3220 

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Australia 

52-786530 

CD  Solutions 
255  1  Salt  Ramon 

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San  Ramon  CA  94583 
510/820-5400 

Creative  Computers 

2645  Maricopa  St. 
Torrance.  CA  905(13 
310/787-4520 


Creative  Equiproeni  Int. 
5555  W.  Flagler  St. 
Miami.  FL  33134 
305/266-2800 

DeskSlation  Technology 
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12520  Kirkham  Cl.,  Ste.  1 

Poway,  CA  92064 

619/679-2825 

dissidents 
10325  Woods  Rd. 
Utica,  NV  13502 
315/797-0343 

DKB 

29318  Lorie  Lane 

Wixom.  MI  48393 

810/348-3821 

Elastic  Reality 
925  Sirn.nl  St. 
Madison,  WI 53713 
608/273-6585 

Expen  Services 

7559  Mall  Rd. 
Florence,  KY  41042 
6067371-9690 

Fair  Brothers 
5115  I  s.  22nd  Si. 
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703  N20- 195-1 


Focus  GbR 

20  River  Rd.,  Suite  9K 
New  York,  xv  10044 
212/826-1240 

GPSoft 

2 1  Aloomba  Rd. 
Ashgro\'e 
QLD4060 

Australia 

73-661  IU2 

Great  Valley  Products 

657  (.Mark  Ave. 

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215/337-8770 

Impulse 

84 1  (i  Xerxes  Ave.  X . 
Brooklyn  Park.  MN  55444 
612/425-0557 

INOVAiioniis 
8499  Greenville  Ave., 

Suite  209B 
Dallas,  TX  75231 

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Intangible  Assets 
828  Ortnond  Ave. 
Droeel  Hill.  PA  I902(> 
61-853-3733 

Mi  roPace 

109  South  Duncan  Rd. 

Champaign,  11.61821 

217/356-1884 


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59  Storey  Ave. 
Central  Islip,  NY  11722 
516/234-8110 

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1910  Byrd  Ave. 

Richmond  VA  23230 
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PowerPlay  Europe 
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Delph.  Oldham 
Lancashire  OL3  5TW 
England 

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675  Massachusetts  Ave. 

Cambridge,  MA  02139 

617/497-5457 

ReadySoft 

337.5  14th  Ave..  Units  7  &  8 

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Canada 

905  175-4801 


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Wapping  Wall 

London  El  9SS 

England 

71-481-9214 

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800  326-6654 

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Webster.  NY  14580 
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Kudos,  complaints,  comments,  concerns,  and  contributions  from  our  readers. 


Let  the  New 
Owners  Know  . . . 

Even  though  we  saw  it  coming,  die 
demise  of  Commodore  lias  left  an 
empty  feeling  in  our  hearts  and  anxi- 
ety in  the  stomachs  of  all  those  who 
make  a  portion  ol  their  living  with  the 
Amiga  and  all  its  ancillary  third-party 
gear.  We  can  only  hope  that  the  win- 
ners at  the  Bahamian  fun  carnival  have 
the  wisdom  and  insight  to  pick  up  the 
pieces,  improve  the  Amiga  platform, 
and  prepare  it  for  the  future. 

I  propose  that  when  we  finally  hear 
reliable,  positive  news  of  new  owners 
for  the  Amiga  platform,  each  and  even' 
serious  Amiga  user  send  these  folks  a 
letter  of  encouragement  letting  them 
know  just  how  important  these  ma- 
chines are  in  our  lives.  Especially  those 
of  you  who,  like  myself,  have  based  a 
video-production  business  around  the 
Amiga  must  make  the  tiew  owners 
realize  that  the  Amiga  really  is  the 
"tool  bin"  of  desktop-video  production. 
Jim  Crabtree 
Oakland,  Maryland 


, . .  What  the  Future 
Amiga  Needs 

As  far  as  I  am  concerned,  the 
Commodore  Amiga  is  dead.  It  is  the 
responsibility  of  the  new  owners  to 
resurrect  it  as  something  else.  One  way 
to  do  this  is  not  to  use  Motorola's 
64-bit  "Power  PC"  microprocessor,  but 
some  oilier  RISC-based  processor.  This 
would  keep  the  Amiga  a  proprietary 
system  and  not  let  it  become  part  of 
the  "DOS-pooling"  that  Apple  and 
IBM  are  developing  lor  the  Power  PC. 
Using  a  dedicated  :52-bit  RISC  proces- 
sor as  the  brains  of  an  "AmigaRISC" 
computer  would  mean  that  the  current 
investment  ill  Amiga-based  hardware 
would  not  become  obsolete. 

A  ROM  upgrade  and  recompiled 
software  code  is  all  that  is  needed,  and 
I  think  that  Amiga-based  companies 
would  rather  do  that  than  redesign 


their  entire  line  of  products.  Users 
should  be  happy  with  this  Option  as 
well,  for  their  current  hardware  invest- 
ment would  still  be  usable. 

The  new  Amiga  could  be  the 
"imagination  machine"  once  more. 
With  relentless  effort  on  the  part  ol 
the  new  manufacturer,  support  from 
third-party  companies,  and  the  undy- 
ing devotion  of  the  users,  the  Amiga 
can  revive  as  the  powerful  computer 
we  all  want  it  to  be. 

Alexander  Christ 
Wichita  Falls,  Texas 

When  a  software  company  creates  a 
game  for  the  Amiga,  it  has  to  keep  the 
little  guys  in  mind,  such  as  the  A5Q0s, 


With  relentless  effort  on 

the  part  of  the  new 
manufacturer,  support  from 

I  hi  i  d-fa  rtycompan  ies, 

and  the  undying  devotion  of 

its  users,  the  Amiga  can  revive 

as  the  powerful  computer  we 

nil  want  it  to  be. 


A2000s,  and  AI200s.  To  our  disadvan- 
tage, these  are  the  machines  that  are 
the  majority  in  the  Amiga  market. 
This  results  in  sluggish  adventure 
games  with  horrible  sound  and 
washed-out  colors,  certainly  not  a  fine 
example  of  this  multimedia  comput- 
er's capabilities. 

So  my  suggestion  to  the  new  owners 
of  the  Amiga  technology,  whoever  they 
will  be,  is  to  dump  the  slow  '020  line  of 
processors  ana1  stick  with  the  iaster  '030, 
'040,  and  (soon)  "060  CPUs.  A  configu- 
ration for  a  low-end  Amiga  might  incor- 
porate a  25-MHz  '030.  while  a  high-end 
machine  might  use  a  40/50-MHz  '040. 
This  would  leave  the  '(Kit)  for  Amiga 
graphics  workstations. 


In  addition  to  fast  CPUs,  every  Amiga 
should  be  equipped  with  a  hard  drive,  f 
don't  know  about  oilier  users,  but  I 
don't  consider  disk-swapping  to  be  a 
Inn  part  ol  an  Amiga  game  experience. 

With  these  improvements,  game 
companies  that  have  switched  to  the 
MS-DOS  or  Mac  markets  will  find  l lie 
new  Amiga  hardware  inviting  and  may 
well  return  to  us.  Current  Amiga  game 
companies  will  no  doubt  be  very  grate- 
ful for  the  extra  power!  And — most 
important  of  all — the  Amiga  gamer  will 
greatly  benefit. 

Joe  J.  Casssara 
Miami,  Florida 


We  Don't  Like 
This  Diet  Either! 

This  is  just  a  brief  letter  to  complain 
about  how  incredibly  i\\n\  AmiguWorld 
has  become  for  the  September  issue. 
Earlier  this  year,  the  pages  hovered 
around  the  100  mark;  now  they  are 
clown  to  fil.  I  realize  the  Amiga  is  in 
trouble,  but  does  that  mean  you  are. 
too?  I  will  certainly  not  be  renewing  my 
subscription  if  the  magazine  continues 
to  be  reduced. 

Since  1986,  I  have  really  enjoyed 
my  Amiga  computers  and  have  been 
very  upset  with  Commodore  over  its 
indifferent  attitude  in  marketing  what 
is  a  fantastic  computer.  I  can  only 
hope  that  it  will  be  headed  for  a  better 
future  with  the  possibility  of  another 
company  in  control. 

Finally,  I  would  like  lo  inform  vou 
that  the  Bahamas  are  in  the  Atlantic 
Ocean,  not  the  Caribbean  Sea.  as  you 
wrote  in  your  editorial.  I  am  amazed 
at  the  number  of  people  who  make 
this  mistake. 

Roger  J.  Hale 
Topsfield,  Massach  melts 

We're  looking  forward  to  that  "better 
future,"  too,  Mr.  Hale,  and  the  promise 
it  holds  for  thicker,  less  anemic  issues 
oj  AW .  .  .  oh,  and  thank  you  fur  your 
geographical  clarification.  — Eds.  ■ 


64  November  1994 


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